ruminations about architecture and design

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

hashima and the architecture of abandoment


The most interesting part of the Bond film Skyfall was the use of the island of Hashima. This coal mining community off the coast of Japan was abandoned by the Mitsubishi company after the coal ran out. Although  most of the images in the film were sets, the feeling of this place is incredible. Towers of Ilium claims to be modern and logical, but there is no doubt that this place, and other places like it, are haunted by ghosts.

Let it crumble back into the sea.

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