"Metabolism, the City of the Future:Dreams and Visions of Reconstruction in Postwar and Present-Day" which the first retrospective of Metabolism, a movement born from the visions of architects, upcoming exhibition starting from 17 September!
"Metabolism, the City of the Future:Dreams and Visions of Reconstruction in Postwar and Present-Day"
What is the thought of Metabolism?
Before the exhibition opens, let's learn more about Metabolism with images and cartoons."Metabolism In a Minute" (A serial in four installments to be updated every week from Thursday, 28 July.)
File-03 Objectives of prefab & capsule architecture
In Japan, prefabricated housing was developed in the 1950s and 1960s to produce housing using factory-made components that could be assembled on site. One of the precursors of this prefab architecture was Syowa Station, designed by Asada Takashi. Meanwhile, Kurokawa Kisho fitted all the functions of a house into a detachable capsule that could be swapped in and out to accommodate changes in the urban environment. This idea was realized in his Nakagin Capsule Tower Building. One of the focuses of this exhibition is how prefab architecture and capsule architecture affected subsequent housing architecture. One of the actual capsules from the Nakagin Capsule Tower Building is exhibited in Roppongi Hills.
Syowa Station
Asada Takashi and others 1957
Antarctic
Illustration: Morinaga Yoh
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Kurokawa Kisho Nakagin Capsule Tower Building 1972
Tokyo
Photo: Ohashi Tomio
Next...
Thu. 18 August 2011
Metabolism in a minute File-04 New renderings of the Metabolism movement's visions of future cities
■Relevant information
･ "Metabolism in a minute"
File-01 The central figures in Metabolism
File-02 Reconstruction Design
File-03 Objectives of prefab & capsule architecture
File-04 New renderings of the Metabolism movement's visions of future cities
･ "Metabolism, the City of the Future:Dreams and Visions of Reconstruction in Postwar and Present-Day"
17 September (sat), 2011 - 15 January (sun), 2012
