Actually, it has little to do with cyberpunk. The "capsules" referred to in Gibson weren't this building, but rather "capsule hotels", tiny hotel rooms usually

Actually, it has little to do with cyberpunk. The "capsules" referred to in Gibson weren't this building, but rather "capsule hotels", tiny hotel rooms usually used by drunken businessmen after a night out who wanted to sleep it off rather than going home and embarrassing themselves to their family.