Galleria Centercity mall boasts energy efficient double skin and the world’s largest illuminated facade

Never before have we come across a building facade as beautiful as this. Also the world’s largest illuminated facade, this building in Korea was chiselled out by the UN Studio. The building plays home to a departmental store and the facade besides being seriously eye-catching, is just as green! The building located in Cheonan uses an energy efficient-double skin that allows daylight to flow in without hampering the temperature inside. This puts off the use of artificial lighting in the day time, cutting down costs and carbon footprints. At night, the facade lights up for a large lightshow, a giant lantern in the heart of the city. The Galleria Centercity mall also employs a land saving concept, with a vertical design unlike most malls that tend to spread out.

Shopping inside this structure with its white core will be a pleasure indeed, knowing the fact that it consumes a lot less energy than competing structures around!




[Inhabitat]