#building 1

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Building 13: Cat People

Building 4: Dog People

Building 3: Fine with Either/Ugh, no, Fur

Building 5: Plant People

Building 1: Banned from having Pets

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If Nana were instead sent to...

Building 1

Just kill him now

It would be far kinder than putting him here

Does not like Dr. Ichijou

Supervisor triggers a lot of childhood fears of having family members taken away and experimented on

Also wants him to act his age

Ichijou knows Nana doesn’t like him

Knows Nana can’t do jack about it

Trolls the child like there’s no tomorrow

Makes him carry around heavy things for experiments

Is kept in a cell by himself

If he breaks something he has to wear a bunny ear headband

Nana breaks a lot of things

Mostly when he’s trying to fix them

Headband becomes a part of his uniform

The rabbits are the only tolerable part of the experience

They are soft and fluffy and nice

Nana names them. His favorite is a brown one called Alex

Ichijou once hid Alex and pretended that it died in a terrible “lab accident”

Nana didn’t stop crying for a week

Even after he was shown that the rabbit was okay

If anything he cried harder

Kiji realizes very quickly that A Mistake was Made

But Ichijou refuses to let Nana transfer out

Unless of course Kiji wants to trade Inmate 03 for Inmate 07~

Ichijou probably knows all of Nana’s secrets

And just keeps him around to amuse himself with

Until such a time as the more interesting inmate (Johnny) is recaptured for him to experiment on

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Building 1

Over the last year, old Building 1 has evolved from an inside-outed brick block reminiscent of Degrassi junior high (the original, not the cool new one with murals and computer labs) to a sleek, bright, aesthetically pleasing place for students and staff alike to unite over a shitty cup of coffee (see previous post). 

Facilities

Functioning as an administration building, consisting of study rooms, two cafes, a health clinic, a cafeteria, student centre, teaching commons, classrooms, bookshop, student union office and more, Building 1 is a one-stop-shop for all your university needs.  Really, Building 1 is UC wrapped up into a trendy pocket-sized package.

5/5

Interior design

The design palette in Building 1 appears to have been inspired by a packet of liquorice allsorts.  The bold bright greens, pinks, blues, yellows and oranges all scream “learn in me!”, and the design itself compliments this.  The building is scattered with lounge chairs and coffee tables, making it easy to find a quiet corner to bury yourself into your books whilst somehow still feeling trendy.  The mezzanine level and sneaky corridors in all directions keep the noise and bogan traffic levels to minimum, and the multiple long windows keep the atmosphere bright and fresh, despite the guy with the pit stains in your group project and the strong aroma of stale Rosie’s Wingalings from the cafeteria assaulting your septum.  All in all, thanks to its interior design, new Building 1 is a pleasant place to be on a scattered uni day.

4.5/5

Access

Being the central administration building for the university, one would assume Building 1 would be the easiest to access.  Wrong.  Despite the three odd giant green “1”s attached to the building’s façade, it has very few and ambiguous entrances.  The first, through the doors facing the south of the university, is only open to the public during business hours.  And once inside, the current renovations being conducted inhibit more than one person passing through the corridor to the refectory at a time.  The main entrance via the concourse is obvious enough, being the big building with the glass doors and large study abroad posters, but something has gone horrendously wrong in installation of the doors, so that any person under 6 foot isn’t instantly recognised as an entity wanting to use the door.  Countless times have I witnessed myself and others walking towards the doors only to stop inches before the glass, having to awkwardly walk backwards and forwards, side to side, until after hovering around the entrance like a burke, eventually reaching the right angle for the doors to decide they’ll let you enter.  The rest of the entrances are either blocked by orange tape or so vague they might as well not exist; and don’t get me started on the labyrinth of the student centre…

2/5

Overall

Building 1 is an awe-inspiring world of sensory delights, and despite its flaws, I think we can all admit that we’d be a little bit lost without it.

4.5/5