GaFGa, Ipoh
The Gunpla And Figurines Gallery aims to promote vintage collections of gunpla or figurines more to the public especially in Ipoh, Perak. By creating a public space that contributes back to the public such as the gallery itself, it could solve the issue of this type of hobby not getting the recognition that it deserves. The item serves as a good hobby as well as a type of education that helps the user to expand their minds and get creative by building or assembling the kits into a figure.
Nexus which means ‘connections and line’ represents the grid and spaces that are connected with each other. The idea also relates to the item where a gunpla needed to be assembled by connecting parts of the runners together to create a new form of completed product. The main building had taken inspiration from a specific part of a gunpla model namely the Strike Freedom where, its wings unit are shaped in a way imitating radial organization.
Gunpla (ガンプラGanpura), a portmanteau of "Gundam plastic model", is the common name for plastic model kits depicting the vehicles and characters of the fictional Gundam universe by Bandai. These kits have become popular among mecha anime fans and model enthusiasts in Japan and in other nearby Asian countries since the 1970s. Gundam modeling spread in the 1990s with North America and Europe being exposed to Gundam through television, video and manga. When buying the gundam kits it comes with runners that you have to assemble yourself. The gundam kits itself is highly customizable to the user’s creaticity. The other figurines featured are all vintage figurines that has a special memory to some people.
