Robinsons Summit Center

Robinsons Summit Center, formerly known as the JG Summit Center, is an office skyscraper located in Makati, Philippines. It is owned by JG Summit Holdings, Inc., and developed by its real estate arm, Robinsons Land Corporation. It stands at 174 metres (570.87 feet), it is currently the 9th-tallest complete building in Makati, and is one of the tallest buildings in the Philippines.[3]

Robinsons Summit Center
General information
StatusComplete
TypeOffice
Location6783 Ayala Avenue, Makati, Philippines
Coordinates14°33′26.86″N 121°1′14.58″E
Construction started1997
Completed2001
Opening2001
OwnerRobinsons Land Corporation
Height
Roof174 m (570.87 ft)
Technical details
Floor count38
Design and construction
ArchitectHellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum; W.V. Coscoluella & Associates
DeveloperRobinsons Land Corporation
Structural engineerR.S. Caparros Associates & Company
Main contractorD.M. Consunji, Inc.
References
[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Design

The Robinsons Summit Center was designed and masterplanned by the international architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), in cooperation with Filipino architectural firm W.V. Coscolluela & Associates. The building's structural frame was designed by R.S. Caparros Associates & Company.[5] The building boasts of an unobstructed view of the Makati skyline from all floors. It has a double-height main lobby and double-height glass wall frontage, and a three-zone vertical movement configuration for optimum elevator performance. A rooftop master antenna, while providing great potential for the building's communication systems, also serve as an architectural highlight to the entire building.[7][8]

Location

Strategically situated along Ayala Avenue near the corner of Paseo de Roxas, The Robinsons Summit Center is accessible and near every other major destination in Makati. Around its area are the Glorietta Mall and Ayala Center, educational institutions like the Asian Institute of Management, the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, and the Ateneo Law School. It is also a few blocks away from deluxe hotels like Makati Shangri-La, The Peninsula Manila, Mandarin Oriental Manila, The InterContinental Hotel, Dusit Hotel plus the service facilities of the Makati Medical Center and the Central Post Office.[7]

It is selected as a base of major call centers and a telecommunications company.[8]

Amenities

The building is designed to comprise only 6 units per floor with an average floor plate of only 1,200 sq m. At the 8th and 9th floors is a branch of Fitness First health club, which offers a wide variety of cardio-vascular equipment and weight based machines, free weights, or air-resistance machines. The health club is open to non-tenants as well. In the 37th floor is the Philippine operations of Hewlett-Packard Philippines Corporation. The building also has a helipad located on its roofdeck, a 10-level parking with over 390 slots, and is equipped with a state-of-the-art building management and communications system.

See also

References
  1. Emporis.com Robinsons Summit Center
  2. Skyscraperpage.com JG Summit Center
  3. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Tallest Buildings in the Philippines (as of April 2008)
  4. HLURB website List of Makati Projects Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. R.S. Caparros Associates & Company JG Summit
  6. D.M. Consunji, Inc. Projects - JG Summit Building
  7. Robinsons Land Corp. website Projects - Robinsons Summit Center
  8. Philippine Business Magazine Volume 9 No. 1 - Towers of Power
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