Quickies: Odd Architecture, Here and There

In my neighborhood, there is a community building with a certain function, but the architecture of that building doesn't suggest such function until one looks inside. As such, some people might be tending to consider it an example of a building with an odd architecture. Of course, since the Pokémon world mirrors that of the real world, it is perhaps not a stretch to consider that odd architecture can be found in that world as well, and that seems to be very much the case, given a few of the buildings present there.

With the anime and some of the games as indication, it seems that Gyms can have some of the gaudiest architectures for buildings and therefore some of the oddest. The ancient Rome-styled Viridian City Gym in Kanto, for example, somewhat sticks out among other buildings and could almost be identified readily as a Gym. Even going back (or further) to the Pewter City Gym, its rocky façade is also similarly almost readily identifiable to host a Gym. In general, it seems that any structure with odd architectures and in odd places could be taken as a Gym.

A few of the research laboratories of various Pokémon professors, casting aside some parts and design necessities with regard to their functions, could be considered to be places with odd architectures, at least considering them with their respective surroundings. Those of Professor Cerise in Vermilion City and Professor Oak in Pallet Town definitely qualify in this regard, and they might be considered similar to that real-life community building I mentioned at the beginning, especially when function is taken into account.

So it is that some buildings in the real world and Pokémon world can possess odd architectures that either don't necessarily reflect the actual functions of the buildings or are just very weird in general with or without consideration of the actual functions. For what it's worth, that community building will always stick out in the neighborhood as an actual example, and as my further explorations of Pokémon continue, some buildings in that world will also stick out in just the same manner.

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