Anywhere you look on Google, you will be
informed that the central tower weighs 6500 tonnes and was raised
into position by a system of hydraulic jacks...at a cost of almost
20 billion yen. What you will not find is the rationale for
such a pointless waste of space, time and money. It is
probably one of the most dysfunctional buildings in the world.
Who in their right mind would build a conference centre where the
only access is via a five storey escalator? Essentially the
first five stories are fresh air! I
guess it is just another of those "we built it just to prove we
could" and in that context fits rather naturally into the
superficial nonsense of Odaiba. |