The North Star mixed-use project is ideally positioned within a larger master plan to become the anchor of the overall development. Located in Beijing near the Olympic site, this large master plan is highly visible project within the city as well as its surrounding regions.

Anchoring the overall development, this project engages the natural forces of the site and celebrates their potential. The project addresses the park as a 'quiet zone'. Its eastern face looks out at the main street's 'loud zone', and its northern civic edge relates to the master plan corridor, where most retail and commercial functions are planned. The southeast corner of this site is linked to a future train station. The commercial and residential towers anchor each side of the site, and natural movement is caught between them. North Star's 100-meter office tower stands on the intersection corner as a landmark while the apartment tower is on the southwest corner, oriented towards the park and southern light. Daylight pours through skylights between the towers towards the ground, highlighting entrances in the north, south and west sides of the site.