The landmark of Malaysia

Just a short story to share with zi muis..

Yesterday, shortie and I encountered one unexplainable thing....

We were at Twin Tower Level 36 that time. In front of us, outside the glass door, we saw 3 persons waiting for lift and then going into the first lift (the lift nearest to the glass door). After FEW SECONDS, we went out the glass door and press for lift. The lift door straight opened and we went in without hesitation. The weird thing happen... It is the same lift that 3 persons went in just now, but there is NO ONE in the lift after few seconds time!!! Can u imagine the scary part here? haha... shortie tot she saw sth wrong, and i tot i saw the wrong lift. But our colleague who was with us also saw the 3 person just now.. hmm.... we cannot explain what was actually happening. We just guessed there is some magic function on the lift system. We know the lift is double decker, but it supposed not to function in this way. It should stop 1 at odd number floor and another 1 at even number floor, cannot be both at even number floor. Then my colleague come out with a theory that the lift may be move side by side, but... we dont have proof.

Then I was too bored this morning so I try to search some info on this. However, I cant find any clue on the lift system. But I get to know more about the history and facts of this Twin Tower, which I never realise before this.

Pic taken from internet

Here is some facts from internet:
http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/ArticleID/72/Petronas-Twin-Towers.aspx

Number of storeys	88
Height	452 meters above street level
Total built-up area	341,760 sq.meters ( 3.7 million sq. feet)
Design/Architecture	Cesar Pelli & Associates [U.S.] in association with KLCC architects.
Location of skybridge	Levels 41 and 42
Length of skybridge	58.4 meters
Height of skybridge	170 metres above street level
Vertical transportation	29 double-deck high speed passenger lifts in each tower
Number of escalators	10 in each tower

The base was designed to represent Malaysia as an Islamic country, so at first it was designed by interlocking two squares. Then to maximise the usage of available space, the designers added in semi circle in between each corner. And now this is how the entire tower shape looks like.

base design

There are few more interesting facts, u all can search it online..

Here is one extra video I wanna share (accidentally saw it when i browse through)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V92gWH5Zvw


Enjoy watching :)