"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.)
The Final session, File-04 New renderings of the Metabolism movement's visions of future cities
Plans based on Metabolist thinking, such as the plan for a marine city spanning Tokyo Bay in A Plan for Tokyo--1960 and Master Plan for Expo '70 were ideas for sustainable cities that took into account Tokyo population growth and how the Expo site would be used after the Expo finished. In the 1960s, drawings and models were the only means of expression available for these conceptual plans. For this exhibition, we have produced new renderings of six of the city plans using computer graphics. The resulting townscapes are stunningly realistic, and provide a new opportunity to experience the transformations of Metabolism cities in line with changes to the environment.
Isozaki Arata Shibuya Project: City in the Air (unbuild) 2011
A Voluntary Lab, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Ogura Lab, Graduate School, Digital Hollywood University
Isozaki Arata Shinjuku Project: City in the Air (unbuild) 2011
A Voluntary Lab, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Ogura Lab, Graduate School, Digital Hollywood University
Kikutake Kiyonori ECO POLIS (unbuild) early 1990s
Below Illustration: Morinaga Yoh
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■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
