Project Outline

Name: The Sharp Centum Park
Location: Centum City, Busan
Usage: Residential
Status: U/C
Completion: Aug 2005
The # of skyscrapers being built: 20

- All the apartment units were sold successfully.
- The facade of the towers will be completed by Jan 2005

Phase I: Tower 101~114

Tower 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 113, 114

Height: 157.55m
Floors: 53

Tower 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 111

Height: 143m
Floors: 43

- Tower 102 will be the tallest skyscraper in the Centum City upon completion, but it will lose its title when Centum Fiesta is completed.
- Tower 102 will be the second tallest all-residential (100%) apartment in South Korea upon completion. Only Samsungdong I-Park in Seoul is taller.

Phase II: Tower 201~206

Tower 202, 204, 206

Height: 153m
Floors: 53

Tower 201, 203, 205

Height: 143m
Floors: 43

Rendering - Current Status

http://www.centumpark.co.kr/now/images/total_big_800.jpg

Updates: June 30, 2004(56kers beware)

http://www.centumpark.co.kr/attachfile/afie/afie_326.JPG
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thank you for the great infors London
but. tower palace is not "ALL" residential?

thank you for the great infors London
but. tower palace is not "ALL" residential?

It is about 95% residential because of the retail shops. Other towers like 21st Century Tower, Triumph Palace, and Mokdong Hyperion are also not all residential. (Though Emporis still consider any building with more than 90% of its space being used for residential purpose as a all-residential skyscraper.) :)

Incredible. Absolutely incredible.

This project is equivalent to most Amercan downtowns by itself!

Updates: July 14, 2004 - TEN MORE STORIES TO GO!!

http://dc2.donga.com/zero/data/6/s014.jpg

When I get to visit Busan to spent summer, I might as well take some pics of the construction sites. :)

Horror. Looks like a high-rise suburb. A walled city. The architectural content is zero. Even in China the new deveopments (recent photos from Chongking) look much more interesting. In the last 20 years, despite rising incomes, Korea has made no progress in residential architecture...

Impressive, though, in a 1980s China kind of way, and nice photos! Could someone show this to me in a larger context, so I can figure out where in Pusan this is? I have an idea map-wise, but that only gets me so far.

Impressive, though, in a 1980s China kind of way, and nice photos! Could someone show this to me in a larger context, so I can figure out where in Pusan this is? I have an idea map-wise, but that only gets me so far.

Well, here's a rough sketch...

http://img13.exs.cx/img13/3827/map_total.gif

And here's a pano of the region that was taken about two years ago. It's the left side of the empty lot.

http://img18.exs.cx/img18/4371/jangsan-gwangalri.jpg

삭제되었습니다

Updates: July 18 2004

- The height of the towers has been raised to 154m, 153m and 143m, adding two more floors for each tower.

삭제되었습니다

자로슬로어원님은 뭐가불만이길래.... 저님은 국적이무었이길래태클질하고 난리야... 국적이 바티칸이라도 돼는가?

자로슬로어원님은 뭐가불만이길래.... 저님은 국적이무었이길래태클질하고 난리야... 국적이 바티칸이라도 돼는가?

제가 보기에는 단지 안타까워서 그러신 거 같은데요? 굳이 과민반응해서 문제 일으킬 것 까지는 아닌 것 같습니다 :)

Glad to hear it is raised :)

First of all...

Dear, don't get so defensive.

I didn't say it was a suburb, I said it was like a suburb. A kind of sprawl, but vertical, not horizontal.

From the photos, this development seems completely unintegrated with the rest of the urban fabric of the city. It reminds me of Union Square in HK, which looks good from a distance but is terrible up front.

I lived in Pusan for a year (in Tongnae) in 1998. I also lived in Seoul for six months... so I have a little familiarity with Korean architecture. I've also lived in Tokyo, and travelled extensively in China and around HK. I was in Seoul and HK again last year. Surprised? :) And have you been to Europe, the land of people-friendly cities?

By the way, what is happening at Seomeyon rotary? I thought this had the potential to become the real center of Pusan...

PS: Thanks for the pano! I know exactly where this is! I used to walk down that street to Haeundae, wondering at the wonderful subway construction (line #2) all along there... but I think the subway is a bit south of there, because it cuts across the river into Kwang-an-li? I can't believe this development doesn't have a subway station, though??

PS: Thanks for the pano! I know exactly where this is! I used to walk down that street to Haeundae, wondering at the wonderful subway construction (line #2) all along there... but I think the subway is a bit south of there, because it cuts across the river into Kwang-an-li? I can't believe this development doesn't have a subway station, though??

There's a subway station not that far from the development - Centum City, which is a few blocks away from the development. I don't know if the government will constuct a branch for the development itself though. Yeah, the subway cuts across the mouth of Suyong River, near Gwangan-li.

About Seomyun Rotary, you've got it right. It's now the biggest CBD of the city, including the current tallest skyscraper in the city - Lotte World. I'll post some pics of the region later on.

About Seomyun Rotary, you've got it right. It's now the biggest CBD of the city, including the current tallest skyscraper in the city - Lotte World. I'll post some pics of the region later on.


OK! Of course I know Lotte World, I meant more the rotary itself...

As I remember, the site of Centrum City used to be a container port?

OK! Of course I know Lotte World, I meant more the rotary itself...

As I remember, the site of Centrum City used to be a container port?

Most locals consider Seomyun as the centre of Busan anyways.. The site of Centum City was formerly used as a landing strip. (Suyong Aerodrome)

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다 지웠지만 할말은 해서 시원하다!

Build me! They did built towers very fast, have'nt they?

Build me! They did built towers very fast, have'nt they?

It was quite fast considering that they built 20 53/43 story tall skyscrapers in a year and a half. :)

http://kr.dcinside5.imagesearch.yahoo.com/zb40/data/25/a1/1090615964_s029.jpg
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http://www.centumpark.co.kr/now/images/total_big_800.jpg http://www.centumpark.co.kr/attachfile/afie/afie_333.jpg
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http://kr.dcinside5.imagesearch.yahoo.com/zb40/data/25/a1/1090615964_s029.jpg

It look so much better if it is all finished..hmm i cant WAIT!!!!!!

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Welcome to the Korean Forums Brighton76!

what a monstrous development.....

Constructin update: 09/24/2004
http://www.centumpark.co.kr/attachfile/afie/afie_347.jpg

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pics from the official website www.centumpark.co.kr

How do all these apartment complexes fill up? I've never seen an empty apartment complex. Its amazing.. I guess everyones buying their houses now.

http://www.centumpark.co.kr/attachfile/afie/afie_356.jpg
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I'm so glad... that these monstruous things are not in Seoul :runaway:

Brings the skyline higher i guess, nice towers.

higher doent always mean good,,,unfortunatly T.T hehe

higher doent always mean good,,,unfortunatly T.T hehe

Check this out ;)

http://dc1.donga.com/zero/data/city/107_2.jpg

Nice!!

i changed my mind,,higher is good:D

I was just woundering, is there are any pictures of these 17 towers details of rooms and floors space inside the building? :) :cheers:

Man they started painting the towers! PAINTING! With some cream-white color!!! Those apts. r gonna look so horrendous!!! Specially after one year when paint starts to decay... Poor Busan... will look like a cheap Hong Kong....

Wait, maybe it's my imagination. They could be panels and not painting, what do u think?

http://www.centumpark.co.kr/attachfile/afie/afie_369.jpg

I think its painting.

isn't that terrible?

Anyway, i just added the complex in the skyscrapers.com database. I couldn't believe no one had done it before.