One solitary Transformer has taken over one of Seoul ’s oldest buildings . This outlandish - looking construction can become a flick dramaturgy , a manner expo , a springy performance space , and maybe a killer robot .
Prada ’s shape - shift “ Transformer ” can take on different configuration and purpose , depending on which side it ’s invest on . Designed byRem Koolhaas ‘ fabled Office for Metropolitan Architecture , the 160 - ton structure can be lifted and rotated in just one hour to create a different shape , include a totally different inner blank space . It ’s wrapped in a extremely elastic polyvinyl chloride tissue layer , which was spray on as a liquid .
station next to the sixteenth hundred Gyeonghui Palace , the building is design to be easily rotated in a tight space , without damage any nearby buildings . Each side has three openings , which connect to a series of zephyr - conditioning release .
For now , the building — which just opened last week — is sort of cone regulate , for an expo of skirts . On May 24 , the structure gets turned around and becomes a rectangle , to allow motion picture exhibition . And then the bodily structure will be turn again , to become transverse - wrought , for an artwork exhibition . And eventually , it ’ll be turned into a round for a fashion show . All images by Getty or Prada . [ WWD ]
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