The Taichung Time Square CBD () is a
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
office building located on 213 Chaofu Road,
Xitun District
Xitun District or Situn District (, literally "western village") is the second-most populated district of Taichung, Taiwan. It is located on the western side of the city. Once considered part of the countryside, the district has seen rapid growt ...
,
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. Construction of the building started in 2013 and it was completed in 2015. The height of the building is , with a floor area of , and it comprises 34 floors above ground, as well as seven basement levels. The building is
22nd tallest building in Taichung. The building is similar in appearance to
Sompo Japan Building
The is the corporate headquarters for Sompo Japan Insurance. It is located in the district Nishi-Shinjuku in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. At 200 metres (656 ft), the building is the 28th tallest building in Tokyo and the 33rd tallest in ...
.
Location
The building is located in
Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone
Taichung’s 7th Redevelopment Zone () is located in Xitun District and Nantun District, known to many local residents by its abbreviated Mandarin name "Qiqi" (七期).
Before the Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone Plan, only a few farmhouses wer ...
, which is
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
of Taichung and houses many tourist attractions, such as
Huilai Monument Archaeology Park and
National Taichung Theater.
Design
Due to height restriction in the area, the volume of the building gradually retreats to form a
setback, which forms a terrace space. The building and the terrace overlap to the roof garden, forming a forest in the sky. The terrace space is surrounded by green trees with vertical glass grids, allowing this green forest glass box to be integrated with the exterior of the building, which presents a novel look in the exterior design.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Asia
This list of tallest buildings in Asia ranks skyscrapers which are at least tall. The tallest building in Asia (and the tallest in the world) is Burj Khalifa, which stands which was opened on January 4, 2010, in Dubai, United Arab E ...
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List of tallest buildings in Taiwan
This list of skyscrapers in Taiwan ranks skyscrapers in Taiwan by height. The tallest building in Taiwan is currently the 101–story Taipei 101, which rises and was completed in 2004. It was officially classified as the world's tallest from 2 ...
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List of tallest buildings in Taichung
References
2015 establishments in Taiwan
Skyscraper office buildings in Taichung
Office buildings completed in 2015
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