July 25th, 2018 Press Release Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc.

Opening Announcement for Nanshan Plaza

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. announces the opening of Taipei Nanshan Plaza (Location: No.100 Songren Road Xinyi District Taipei City) in June 2018 designed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO: Soichiro Hayashi).

Distant view of Xinyi District Left: Taipei 101 Right: Taipei Nanshan Plaza

Taipei Nanshan Plaza is located in Xinyi District, a prime location in the central area of Taipei, developed as the international grade district where large-scale office buildings, commercial facilities as well as other infrastructures are being built. Taipei Nanshan Plaza is a large-scale mixed-use development comprising three sections which are the office tower, commercial facility and cultural facility and stands adjacent to Taipei 101. The 272m tall office tower is designed to become a new landmark together with Taipei 101. In addition, distinctive and functional tower design is achieved based on our past experiences designing high-rise buildings such as Sunshine 60 Building and Yokohama Landmark Tower, which is our strength. We also utilized our knowledge of advanced mixed-use development design cultivated by our experience with the various projects in Marunouchi District in Tokyo to realize the human-scale city block with an animated and lively atmosphere. After winning the design competition organized by the city of Taipei in 2012, we were in charge of the comprehensive design tasks starting with urban design, and continued with our design tasks for architectural, interior, landscape, details and lighting design. After 6 years of design and construction, the project was completed in January 2018 and opened this June.

Project Overview: National Highway No.1 Keelung River

Owner: Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd. Songshan Airport Address: No.100 Songren Road Xinyi District Taipei City

Site Area: 17,708 ㎡ Nangang Station BOT

Total Floor Area: 192,891 ㎡ Songshan Station Nangang Station Structure: Underground: SRC/RC Aboveground: S (w/ 2 tuned mass dampers on the 44th floor) Taipei City Hall Station Floors: 5 underground floors, 48 aboveground floors, 2 Taipei Station Nanshan Plaza penthouse floors Building height: 272m Master Design Architect: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. Tamsui Line Taipei 101 (Urban design, architecture, interior, landscape and lighting design, artwork) Architect of Record: Archasia Design Group Structural Engineer: Evergreen Consulting Engineering, Inc. MEP Engineer: Kea Engineering Consultants Ltd., Jiesheng Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Yuan Dah Fire Fighting Engineering Co. Ltd., and Ming Shui Engineering Contractor: Fu Tsu Construction Completion: January 2018 Opening: June 2018

Taipei City Hall Station

Taipei City Hall Rooftop Bar

Office Tower

Commercial Facilities

台北世界 貿易センタービルTaipei World Trade Center 臺北南⼭廣場 Taipei Nanshan Plaza Cultural Facilities 台北 101 Taipei 101 Pedestrian Deck

Underground Parking

Site Location Map Showing Xinyi District and Urban Axis Building Composition

Project Feature 1: Urban Design

The project site is located at the south end of central axis of Xinyi District, the business district of Taipei, and is adjacent to ’s tallest building, Taipei 101. The owner, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co, Ltd., is under a 50 year term lease for the property from the government, and the main objective of the project was to revitalize the area with offices and commercial facilities. This project is designed with 3 buildings, office tower, cultural facility and commercial facility, connecting smoothly the activity of the people to the surroundings. The commercial facility and cultural facility, which is the entrance to both the commercial facility and office tower, are placed on both sides of the tower to create a vibrant atmosphere by drawing in the flow of the people from the east and west side which was separated by an elongated site 100m long in the north-south direction and 270m long in the east-west direction. Moreover, a 24-hours accessible pedestrian deck is located on the north side of the building connecting to the surrounding areas, and its double deck structure provides a pedestrian network to redefine the district to a human scale, thereby revitalizing the city. Furthermore, the tower is designed as a symbolic tower that can attract people’s attention from a distance. A new skyline of Taipei was created by locating the 272m tall tower on the southern end of the commercial axis in the Xinyi district, which becomes a pair with the symbol of Taipei, Taipei 101. At the top of the tower is Taiwan’s first rooftop bar, and a “green hill” is constructed, where the green terrace in the commercial area is integrated with the adjacent park, to create an atmosphere where people would want to come visit the complex from afar. In this way, a strong vibrant axis was created in the above ground levels, where the connection with the surrounding area was reinforced through the commercial area, and at the same time, there is a bus terminal at the basement level that is able to accommodate 31 vehicles, which contributes to resolving the traffic problems around the area.

Center: Taipei Nanshan Plaza. The stacked box-like structure to the left of the tower is the commercial facility and the multi-faceted structure to the right is the cultural facility. The building to the left is Taipei 101.

Project Feature 2: Architecture Design

Adopting Nan Shan Insurance Co., Ltd.’s “mountain (shan)” as a motif, the office tower, cultural facility and commercial facility were integrated to be designed as a “mountain range” as a whole. The high-rise office tower was regarded as a symbol of the mountain range, and its form expresses “the hands in prayer” as a motif, where the “fingernails” that characterizes the tip of the fingers become the high-rise view restaurant and rooftop bar. The shape of the plan is octagonal, which symbolizes the condition of “harmonizing with everything” according to Feng Shui. The tower has maintenance balconies installed on the north and south sides, and is designed based on a center core type office floors with spectacular views looking out toward the east and west. In order to accommodate financial institution tenants, the ceiling height of each office floor is 3m and has a raised floor of 150mm as well as a flexibility to upgrade and provide additional mechanical equipment to accommodate the superior grade office space. The cultural facility comprises from the office tower entrance and multi-purpose hall with a multi-faceted form as a motif common with the office tower. The form is reflecting the gesture of both hands welcoming in the people from Songren Road, which is the main street and has a shape floating with titanium plate cladding c to create a strong sense of presence. The commercial facility located at the intersection of the municipal government axis in the north-south direction and the east-west axis generated by Taipei 101 has a characteristic design with its three layers of large shifted boxes to serve as a base for the peripheral axis, and the green terrace provides a place where people can relax. In addition, the exterior façade is cladded with stainless steel (casting and tubing) art work that represents plum blossoms which is the flower of Taiwan utilizing a casting method that we have had successful past experience with. In the daytime, they shine in silver color, and at night, they are lit up to shine in gold color, giving off different impressions between day and night to contribute to the vibrancy of the area. Furthermore, by implementing our engineering technology which has been developed over the past years, this project has already won the “Gold Award” (second to Platinum) for the design category of the “2nd APIGBA Award” organized by APIGBA (Asia Pacific Intelligent Green Building Alliance). In addition, the structural system has a seismic performance evaluation accreditation.

Left: Model and image of the hands in prayer. The exterior adopts a mountain as a motif and the office tower in the center represents the hands in prayer. The top of the tower where the rooftop bar is, imitates fingernails.

Cultural Facility｜A dignified design incorporating an office entrance.

商業施設｜夜間、ゴールドにきらめき、周囲に賑わいを伝える

Commercial Facility｜Shining in gold at night, providing a sense of vibrancy to the surroundings.

Tower Entrance｜As similar with the exterior of the commercial facility, the hall area is adorned with stainless steel plum blossom artworks.

Tower Entrance Reception Elevator Hall

Pedestrian Deck｜A pedestrian network is developed, which connects with the surrounding block and is accessible 24 hours.

Project Feature 3: Details

In studying the details, BIM and 3D printers were actively implemented to share images of the detail with the client, resulting in a smooth progress for the project.

Commercial facility exterior screen Plaster decoration with a In order to have the client three-dimensional understand the quality of appearance, which adopts three-dimensional form, a the corporate logo of Nan 1/20 scale 3D model was Shan Life Insurance was produced. adopted in the elevator hall.

Aluminum sash for the tower The sash has 2.5 times the A glass surface with strength of the normal ones in plum blossoms as order to withstand the wind motif is used in the VIP pressure from the surroundings, elevator which goes up yet remains a delicate detail that to the rooftop bar. eliminates a sense of mass.