Star Place, Kaohsiung, by UNstudio

Project information:

12 floors, including 2-basement floor

GFA: 25.500 m2 excl. parking levels

Building-footprint: 2.035 m2

Height of facade: 51.30m / total height incl. Elevator machinery: 58.53m
Star Place, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008

Client: President Group, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Location: Kaohsiung

Program: Luxurious shopping center

Design of exterior: Façades and lighting, related exterior spaces

Design of Interior: Circulation zones and Public spaces

Building surface: 25.500 m2 + 11.100 m2 for parking levels

Building volume: 135.000 m3 + 38.000 m3 for parking levels

Building site: 28050 m2

Status/Phase: Realized

Credits

UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with Ger Gijzen, Christian Veddeler, Mirko Bergmann, Albert Gnodde, Sebastian Schott, Freddy Koelemeijer, Katja Groeger, Jirka Bars, Andreas Brink, Simon Kortemeier, Shu Yan Chan

Lighting design: UNStudio, ArupLighting, Amsterdam

Façade animation content: UNStudio, Lightlife (Cologne,Germany), Alliance Optotek Corporation (Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Executive Architects:

HCF Architects, Planners & Associates, Taipei, Taiwan.
Interior Design: Dynasty Design Corp, Taipei, Taiwan

Design Coordination:  Mulberry Planning and Design, Taipei, Taiwan

Lighting execution: Alliance Optotek Corporation, Hsinchu, Taiwan