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Tokyo is an ever-changing city. Perhaps the most emblematic example of non-preservation of architecture in Japan is the case of Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972. The building is one of the few examples realized in accord with the metabolist way of thinking. It is scheduled for demolition.
Tokyo is an ever-changing city. Perhaps the most emblematic example of non-preservation of architecture in Japan is the case of Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972. The building is one of the few examples realized in accord with the metabolist way of thinking. It is scheduled for demolition.
The peculiarity of this building is the fact of being made out of completely prefabricated units. This experimental building offers extremely small living spaces: 4 x 2,5 x 2,5 meters. The size, however is not the main issue here. The main issue here the rigidity. Prefabricated, each unit of Nakagin offers unchangeable interior space. Ironically it means, that while the whole building was designed as a flexible device (each unit could have been removed or substituted), the very living space was conceived accordingly to an opposite concept. By @NovozhilovaM