Melbourne's Getting a New Skyscraper That Looks Suspiciously Like a Giant Pair of Pants
Welcome your new 41-storey CBD pant overlord.
First we got word of the Yoncé skyscraper, then the elevated park. Melbourne's CBD is on the receiving end of a wealth of weird and wonderful architectural riches recently — and there's more to come. Although this announcement leans more towards the embarrassment side of things.
Introducing the 'pantscraper', which is indeed not a weird product brought to you by Danoz Direct, but the popular name of the recently approved 41-storey tower project of developers Cbus Property. The building is so named because of the bizarre double tower design and denim blue colour scheme that combine to look remarkably like a bland pair of baggy pants fit for a giant.
The pantscraper design was knocked back a few times and not, as you would assume, for its slightly ridiculous aesthetic, but because the huge tower cast a shadow on both the north and south banks of the Yarra River. However, after negotiations with the Andrews government — which saw them agree to lop six storeys off the top — the new design has been approved. Construction will begin at the Collins Street site by September.
Although it may seem like just another bloody skyscraper, this particular bloody skyscraper comes with a perk. They're closing off Market Street and will convert the extra space into a council-run public park — that's a new park right in the middle of the CBD. What could be more relaxing than kicking back in a lush, green park while a giant pair of pants looms over you, watching your every move? Nothing, that's what — and we, for one, welcome our new pant overlords.
Via The Age.
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