The Mira is a district and shopping center that opened in 2008 in the Munich district Nordhaide at Schleißheimer Straße which borders the municipalities of Milbertshofen-Am Hart and Feldmoching-Hasenbergl.General InformationOn 25,500 square meters, spread over three stories, there are 66 retail stores. The three stories above were built into a parking garage with 750 parking spaces. The shopping center, located on Schleißheimer Str. 506, can be reached via the A9, A99, as well as through a direct connection at the U-Bahn station Dülferstraße.ArchitectureProject developer of the 120 million Euro project was FONDARA – Gesellschaft für Immobilienentwicklung und Projektmanagement mbH. Planning for the shopping center was done by Chapman Taylor, and the responsible project architect was Ruprecht Melder. The office of Léon-Wohlhage-Wernik-Architekten was responsible for the design of the façade. Construction began in 2005.The West, North, and northern half of the Eastern facades, with a total coverage of 5,800 square meters, was made of colored lacquered metal panels which were placed on the walls to form prisms. Since the sides of the prisms have different colors, the façade appears from the southwest and northwest in different colors. In between, a gradual transition takes place, so that the building changes dynamically as one passes by. In addition to the colored panels, the façade also contains panels made of polished aluminum, which reflect the sky and surrounding buildings. The façade construction began in 2007.