編譯／蘇琨峰　圖文／SPARK

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升喜廊購物中心（Starhill Gallery）可說是馬來西亞吉隆坡地區象徵性的高檔購物中心，不論是高級品商店或是精緻餐廳應有盡有。負責設計的SPARK建築事務所翻新了這座面對吉隆坡主要的商業和娛樂場所集中地－武吉免登（Bukit Bintang）的原購物中心外表，而購物中心主要的設計者為SPARK事務所創立總監Stephen Pimbley，Stephen同時也是當地著名克拉克碼頭（Clarke Quay）的設計者。

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Stephen表示：「不像一般吉隆坡街道上的購物中心，升喜廊的新外觀融合在周遭的公共景觀之中，並創造出與武吉免登區域價值上的視覺連結感。我們還設計了一燈塔裝置用來慶祝升喜廊與城市的新關係。」

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升喜廊購物中心的多立面外觀、水晶玻璃及石板材質，與周圍成列的商店形成了有趣的視覺效果。購物中心的新外觀如同結合了古希臘與羅馬雕像上那種流動飄逸衣裳的視覺效果，也像是購物中心內所販賣的美麗禮服線條。外觀上不同立面設計的變化及透明性的效果使得升喜廊比周遭街上的購物中心更加搶眼。如此的設計也要歸功於事務所所選用的輕鋼材、石材與玻璃材質以及協助興建的法國工程團隊RFR，這團隊同時也是法國羅浮宮廣場前金字塔的設計團隊。

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SPARK在入口處以三層樓高販賣法國高級品牌LVMH及化?品牌Sephora的購物亭取代了原本的咖啡廳，Sephora則透過二樓的連接橋穿越過購物中心水晶般的外觀。SPARK與當地楊忠禮機構YTL集團合作在購物中心上使用了最好的建築材料，以呼應購物中心在位置及吉隆坡街道市景上的重要性。這種高品質的建築及高級品牌商店的結合，就如同在升喜廊的購物體驗一般，如此地令人難以抗拒。水晶體的外觀及Sephora購物亭的設計為升喜廊創造出象徵性的指標，也創造出升喜廊在東南亞地區高級品牌購物中心的前端地位。

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蘇琨峰／Andre

一隻喜愛新事物也對舊事物固執的牡羊。台北工專土木工程科、雲林科技大學營建工程結構組畢業，工作後決定離職前往澳洲再度充實自己並一圓留學夢，畢業於墨爾本大學經濟與商業研究所，主修商業與資訊管理。喜歡看建築、旅行探索、研究攝影、愛打網球、沉溺爵士樂當了爵士樂團薩克斯風手。目前為《欣建築／國際脈動》編譯、文字記者、辦理欣建築相關活動及國際領隊。

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Starhill Gallery is perhaps Kuala Lumpur’s most iconic shopping mall, featuring an extraordinary array of luxury shops and fine dining restaurants. Spark’s design proposal dealt with the reinvention of the existing façade of Starhill Gallery facing Bukit Bintang. This reinvention of Starhill Gallery is designed by Stephen Pimbley, founding director of Spark and the architect behind Singapore’s hugely popular Clarke Quay.

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Stephen says, “Unlike many street-facing malls in Kuala Lumpur, our new façade for Starhill Gallery is firmly engaged with the public realm and generates valuable visual connections along this section of Bukit Bintang via the heavy footfall. We have designed a beacon for Starhill Gallery that celebrates its relationship with the city.”

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Spark’s design has opened up the façade which provides a lot of visual interest via a continuous shop front that wraps the existing building in a crystalline skin of glass and stone panels. The new façade resembles the “wet drapery” of the ancient statues of Greece and Rome, and the beautifully crafted gowns on sale inside Starhill Gallery. The fractured variation of solidity and transparency transforms the street façade of the existing building entirely, giving it a new contemporary classic identity that stands out amongst the quick-fix, ubiquitous shopping mall façades of many of Starhill Gallery’s neighbours.

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Spark’s lightweight steel, stone and glass façade is the first of their kind in Malaysia that embraces cutting-edge façade technology from the French engineer RFR, the team that delivered the Pyramid at the Paris Louvre.

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Spark replaced the café at the entrance of Starhill Gallery with an iconic triple height shopping pavilion for the French luxury retailer LVMH and their cosmetics brand Sephora. Sephora is, in turn, connected to Starhill via a first floor bridge that pierces the new crystalline façade.

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Spark, together with YTL, has deliberately crafted a complex building envelope using only the best materials that resonate with the importance of the building’s position and contribution to the streetscape of Kuala Lumpur. The synergy with high quality of the brands/products, as well as special visitor experience inside Starhill Gallery is undeniable.

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Starhill Gallery’s new crystalline façade and the Sephora pavilion have effectively established an iconic new identity for Starhill Gallery, affirming its position as the foremost destination for luxury shopping in Southeast Asia.

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Andre

A male Aries, loves learning new things and being nostalgic to old things. Academic background: Bachelor of Construction Engineering Department at National YunTech University, Taiwan and Diploma of Graduate School of Business and Economics at University of Melbourne. With character of a little introvert, addicting to architecture, photography, tennis, Jazz music and saxophone and being the translator of Xin Architecture/ International, reporter, holder of activities and international tour leader.

SPARK－升喜廊購物中心 Starhill Gallery

SPARK－升喜廊購物中心　Starhill Gallery