Shinsegae Centum City

Escalators, Moving Walks

Location: Busan, South Korea

Date of Completion: February 2009

Submitted by: Jin-Yeung Bae

Project Description

On March 3, 2009, Shinsegae Centum City opened its doors to 190,000 people. The complex includes a department store, leisure center, shopping mall, duty-free shop, movie theater and a theme park, and is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest shopping center in the world (as of June 26, 2009). With its size and high visitation numbers, it’s no surprise that various types of vertical-transportation solutions needed to be implemented throughout the complex. 

Specifications

• Orinoco moving walks: eight units (maximum rise: 5.5 meters; maximum length: 26 meters)
• Velino escalators (indoor): 74 units (maximum rise: 7.5 meters)
• Velino Extra escalators (outdoor): two units (maximum rise: 12.3 meters)

Additional Equipment

• Gearless elevators: eight units (maximum speed: 2 mps)
• Geared elevators: 20 units (maximum speed: 1.75 mps)
• Machine-room-less elevators: 11 units (maximum speed: 1.75 mps)

Credits

Developer and Owner: Shinsegae Co., Ltd.

Architect: Haeahn Architecture

Transportation-Systems Contractor: Shinsegae Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

Escalator and Moving-Walk Manufacturer for Department Store: ThyssenKrupp Aufzüge GmbH (Germany)

Escalator and Moving-Walk Manufacturer for Shopping Mall: ThyssenKrupp Elevator (China)

Elevator Manufacturer: ThyssenKrupp Elevator (Korea) Ltd.