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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.
GP近日慶祝台中高鐵混用中心正式開工動土。 位於臺灣西海岸的公路、地鐵、高鐵交通便利,這座40萬坪的混合用途開發的擴建地,就在臺中市西南方。 15公頃的項目現場設有D-One零售和娛樂中心,由貝諾伊設計,以及GP的兩座塔樓。
兩座塔位與零售娛樂中心融合為一體。 一間五星級酒店坐落北部零售中心頂部,往公路車流方向拉長,中央大中庭俯瞰零售屋頂環流。 工地東南角一座多人辦公室塔樓升起,更靠近通勤鐵路。 就像酒店一樣,垂直電桿包裝的語言,框架著對角線青銅的結構,對抗地震負荷,與內部心房和綠地有關。 塔樓設計靈感來自竹林的垂直性和梯田、農業山坡的水平階梯。 這些概念一起對台灣茂盛的青山說話,是線性和植物門面的出發點。 |