UK - London Flickr Group Photowalk - Whitechapel - Porcupine_5009404
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I'd happened upon it once before but didn't have my camera with me so it was good to visit the Neuron Pod during last October's London Flickr Group Whitechapel photowalk. I'm sure there are better photos to be taken of this strange alien looking porcupine made of rusty steel but the weather really wasn't playing ball.
Our next photowalk is planned for Saturday 15th March, more info here if you're interested in coming along : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577219...
Click here to see more of London architecture : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157635041185106
From the Guardian, "Based on a nerve cell, the architect’s posthumous addition to London’s Blizard laboratory complex is so lovable, you almost want to give it a cuddle
Thrusting its bristly bottom out into the road, a curious spiny creature has landed in the backstreets of Whitechapel, London. Standing like an intergalactic porcupine, covered with long glowing quills that sway gently in the breeze, it is a startling thing to encounter in this unremarkable corner of hospital buildings and curry houses.
This is the £2m Neuron Pod, one of the last posthumous works of architect Will Alsop, who proves that he is still eminently capable of making mischief from beyond the grave. The project marks the latest addition to Queen Mary University of London’s campus, an informal science learning space for the armies of schoolchildren who benefit from the teaching hospital’s lively education programme. It is a classroom, but not as we know it."
© D.Godliman
UK - London Flickr Group Photowalk - Whitechapel - Porcupine_5009404
My Website : Twitter : Facebook : Instagram : Photocrowd
I'd happened upon it once before but didn't have my camera with me so it was good to visit the Neuron Pod during last October's London Flickr Group Whitechapel photowalk. I'm sure there are better photos to be taken of this strange alien looking porcupine made of rusty steel but the weather really wasn't playing ball.
Our next photowalk is planned for Saturday 15th March, more info here if you're interested in coming along : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577219...
Click here to see more of London architecture : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157635041185106
From the Guardian, "Based on a nerve cell, the architect’s posthumous addition to London’s Blizard laboratory complex is so lovable, you almost want to give it a cuddle
Thrusting its bristly bottom out into the road, a curious spiny creature has landed in the backstreets of Whitechapel, London. Standing like an intergalactic porcupine, covered with long glowing quills that sway gently in the breeze, it is a startling thing to encounter in this unremarkable corner of hospital buildings and curry houses.
This is the £2m Neuron Pod, one of the last posthumous works of architect Will Alsop, who proves that he is still eminently capable of making mischief from beyond the grave. The project marks the latest addition to Queen Mary University of London’s campus, an informal science learning space for the armies of schoolchildren who benefit from the teaching hospital’s lively education programme. It is a classroom, but not as we know it."
© D.Godliman