The Gundam building in Shibuya rests on its axled haunches like the ultimate guard-dog, anxiously awaiting the day it will be called into service to leap-frog into battle to protect its city, tackling Mothra or some other evil invading alien with its fire-eyes and laser tail.
It also keeps a close eye on those ‘satellites’ launched out of North Korea, ready to leap up and catch them in its big red mouth as if they were frisbees.
Thanks to one Adrian Tan for the tip on this place- close enough to Shibuya station that I could kick myself for not already knowing about it, but down a useless enough (to me) back-street that there’s little chance I would ever have stumbled upon it.
And what’s it for? I think it’s a technical college for aspiring architects- so the form is quite fitting and relevant in a country where they train architects to build things that are mad. This can be their touchstone.
Source
No comments:
Post a Comment