Melbourne Central

Melbourne Central Shopping Center (MelbourneCentral) was built in 1991, with a total height of 246 meters and a triangular column shape. This futuristic building and large shopping mall were designed by the Japanese Kurokawa Architects. 1. Architectural style On the ground floor of the building, a world-large conical glass-roofed building is built with a glass cone shape. The main reason is to preserve a century-old bullet manufacturing factory (The Coop's ShotTower). The bullet factory, built in 1894, can produce about 6 tons of bullets per week. The tower is 50 meters high and has 327 steps. Since the Australian government listed this building as a "building of historical value" in 1973, it cannot be demolished, so the consortium that bought the land came up with a workaround, simply using huge The glass cone covers the entire building. At present, the building has been converted into a restaurant, and the hot air balloons and gliders hanging from the roof have become a major selling point of the mall. 2. Large shopping malls There are large shopping malls spanning 2 blocks on the ground floor of the Melbourne Center, with more than 200 stores, and the super-large DaiMaru department store, which has expanded into the largest retailer distribution center in Melbourne in recent years. In addition to the conical glass top, another feature of the mall is that it has a 2,000-kilogram world-wide hanging clock. Every hour on the hour, a beautiful pendant hangs from the inside of the clock, with children and parrots on it. , and play an Australian folk song, which lasted 4 minutes.