Taipei Nanshan Plaza / Mitsubishi Jisho Design + Archasia Design Group

Curated by Fernanda Castro

Architects: Archasia Design Group, Mitsubishi Jisho Design
Year: 2018
Photographs:Shinkenchiku Sha, Hisao Suzuki, Nan Shan Life Insurance
Manufacturers: Fuzhu, Hete, Kinzi, YKK AP Asia
Construction Supervision: Archasia Design Group
Lighting Design: CMA Lighting Design
FFE Coordinator: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Incorporated
Project Management: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Incorporated
Structural Engineer: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Incorporated, Evergreen Consulting Engineering Inc.
Mechanical Engineer: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. + GHIA Engineering Consultants Co., Jiesheng HVAC ENGINEERING, YUAN DAH FIRE FIGHTING ENGINEERING CO.LTD, Ming Shuei Engineering

Taipei Nanshan Plaza / Mitsubishi Jisho Design + Archasia Design Group - Exterior Photography, Facade, Cityscape — © Hisao Suzuki

Text description provided by the architects. The Xinyi district of Taipei, where the building site is located, is a cosmopolitan tourism area that symbolizes the city as a whole. Based on a new urban plan drawn up by the government that encourages cityscape-conscious development, the area has grown into a business center with a range of amenities including shopping, arts facilities, and international exhibition spaces. The building stands on the former grounds of a trade center adjacent to Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan, on the southern edge of Xinyi. Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei won a government-led development competition to partner on the project with Nanshan Life Insurance, which has a fifty-year lease from the government and planned to construct an office and high-end shopping complex to re-energize the district.