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.  

升禧廊可谓是吉隆坡最具标志性的购物广场之一，汇集众多奢侈品牌店及各类高档餐厅。Spark思邦建筑的设计方案很好地改造面朝Bukit Bintang一侧的建筑外立面，使之重焕活力。这个改造项目的主创建筑师就是曾主笔设计备受瞩目的新加坡克拉码头的Spark思邦建筑的创始合伙人Stephen Pimbley。

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.”

Stephen 表示：“不同于其他的吉隆坡临街购物广场，我们设计的全新建筑外立面与周边的公共环境是有紧密联系的，通过熙攘的客流量在Bukit Bintang沿路的部分激发出可观的视觉联系。我们将它打造成城市的标志性结构，好似灯塔般显著。”

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.

Spark思邦建筑的设计延伸了建筑外立面，营造了丰富的视觉感受，现有建筑的沿街商铺店面采用水晶般的玻璃和石材面板包裹。新的外立面好似古希腊和罗马雕塑所呈现的帷幔，同时也让人联想起在商场内部展示售卖的精美雕琢的礼服。坚实感的断裂和透明感的穿插打造了独特的街景，改变了既有建筑的全貌，生成一种现代经典的风格，在繁华传统的商业环境中脱颖而出。

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.

Spark思邦建筑采用的轻质钢，石头及玻璃的外立面材料由法国RFR工程公司提供技术支持，同时在马来西亚尚属首例。这一领先的外立面技术也曾应用于法国巴黎卢浮宫入口的玻璃金字塔。

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.

Spark思邦将原来入口的咖啡厅取消，取而代之的设计了三倍层高的标识性空间打造成法国奢侈品牌路易·威登的旗舰店和其旗下的护肤品牌专营店丝芙兰，丝芙兰的店铺通过一层廊桥与升喜廊相连接。

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.

Spark思邦建筑和本项目的客户YTL紧密合作，希望通过最佳品质的材料打造这样一个复杂的建筑立面，重新定义了建筑在城市中的地位，使吉隆坡的街景更添动感；建筑立面与高质量的品牌组合，特殊的顾客体验更是实现了最佳的匹配。

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. 

升禧廊水晶般的外立面及丝芙兰展厅充分突显了Starhill的品牌价值，重新确立了其在东南亚地区奢侈品牌商业购物广场中令人艳羡的领军地位。

Project Data:

Architects: Spark

Principal Architect: Stephan Pimbley

Project Architect: Michael Gibert

Team: Darmaganda, Kim-Lee Tan, Sevena Lee, Wenhui Lim

Local Architect: A.Mariadass Architect

Lightning Designer: Snfor Sdn Bhd

Structural Consultant: RFR Shanghai 

Main Contractor: Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (SPYTL)

M&E: Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (SPYTL)

Building Area: 2,000sqm

Design Period: April 2009 to August 2010 

Construction Period: September 2010 to July 2011

Credits:

Architectural Photography: Lin Ho

项目信息：

建筑设计：Spark思邦建筑

主持设计师：Stephan Pimbley

项目总监：Michael Gibert

项目成员：Darmaganda, Kim-Lee Tan, Sevena Lee, Wenhui Lim

当地建筑师：A.Mariadass Architect

灯光设计师：Snfor Sdn Bhd

结构咨询：RFR 上海

项目承包商：Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (SPYTL)

机电工程：Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn Bhd (SPYTL)

建筑面积：2000平方米

设计时间：2009年4月到2010年8月

建造时间：2010年9月到2011年7月

版权：

建筑摄影：Lin Ho