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Hyperart Thomasson (art in structures that have become useless) (en.wikipedia.org)
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Like a tunnel through nothing:

ja:User:Traveller, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

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TIL a useless structure preserved as part of a building or environment, becoming a piece of art itself, is called a Thomasson. (en.wikipedia.org)
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I capitalised it in the title because of its etymology, and for emphasis. I think I would use lower case in regular usage.

More examples:

https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/01/18/the-inexplicably-fascinating-secret-world-of-thomassons/

https://kyotojournal.org/kyoto-notebook/kyoto-tomason-the-hunt-for-hidden-hyperart/

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/04/thomasson-architectural-relics-that.html

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hyperart_Thomasson