GP recently celebrated the official groundbreaking for the Taichung High-Speed Rail Mixed-Use Center. Conveniently located at the nexus of a highway, metro and high-speed rail lines along the west coast of Taiwan, the expansive site of this 400,000-square-meter mixed-use development is just southwest of the city of Taichung. The 15-hectare project site features a D-One retail and entertainment center, designed by Benoy, along with two towers by GP.
Designed to complement the overall TOD complex, the two towers are integrated with the retail and entertainment center. A five-star hotel sits atop the retail center to the north, elongated in the direction of highway traffic, with a large central atrium overlooking the retail rooftop circulation. A multitenant office tower rises on the southeast corner of the site, closer to commuter rail lines. Like the hotel, a language of wrapping vertical piers frames a structure of diagonal bronze, bracing against seismic loads, and relating to interior atria and green space. The tower design was inspired by the verticality of bamboo forests and the horizontal steps of terraced, agricultural hillsides. Together these concepts speak to the lush green mountains of Taiwan and were the point of departure for the linear and vegetated facades.
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