Safety technology to prepare for disasters

Prepare for Fire

Sprinklers are installed throughout the building to automatically extinguish any fire before it can spread. In areas where water cannot be used to control the fire, such as rooms containing electrical equipment and the art museum warehouse, inert-gas-based fire extinguishing systems are installed instead of sprinklers. Even if the fire is not extinguished when it first breaks out, these systems prevent the fire from spreading. In the event of a fire, a safe evacuation plan has been devised that utilizes the building’s design shape.
Fire progression prevention zones

In connecting areas between zones, truss floors are set up to prevent a fire from progressing. If a fire breaks out and spreads, these zones prevent it from spreading to other areas where there is no fire.

Fire progression prevention zones
Fire progression prevention zones
Central waiting areas

When the entire building has to be evacuated, including areas where there is no fire, lobbies on the 16th and 38th floors and the rooftop garden will be used as central waiting areas to prevent prolonged congestion on the emergency stairs.

Central waiting areas
Central waiting areas
Evacuation simulation video
CFT pillars’ fire resistance verification test

To support a 300-meter high building, CFT pillars that combine high-strength concrete and steel materials are used. These pillars have been tested to verify that their capacity to support the building during a fire would not be compromised.

Experimental equipment
Takenaka R&D Institute’s new fire-resistance test building