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4 | LIVING WINTER 09 NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER ARCHITECT: Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan YEAR: 1970-1972 STATUS: Completed PROGRAM: Residential tower with a total of 140 capsule units. SIZE: 3,091 sm -> Text -> Images -> Video Contents 01. LIVING FACTS 02. SURVIVOR MARACAIBO 03. ASSEMBLY REQUIRED 04. SELLING LIFESTYLE 05. A FRAME OF MIND 06. LIVING IN CABRINI 07. PLACES, NOT SPACES 08. POINT CLOUDS CASE STUDY #1. NAKAGIN CAPSULE CASE STUDY #2. WALDEN 7 CASE STUDY #3. THE UFO HOUSES CASE STUDY #4. THE WHALE CASE STUDY #5. LINKED HYBRID DOWNLOAD ISSUE 4 ORDER A COPY OF ISSUE 4 |
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NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER CASE STUDY #1 Located in Ginza, Tokyo, and designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, this 1972 project realizes the ideas of metabolism, exchangeability, and recycleablity as the prototype of sustainable architecture. When the residential area in Tokyo started to shift to the suburbs, this building was intended to be one tactical move to restore housing units to the central part of the city. The individual units were mass-produced and fastened in the desired arrangement to the central core by high-tension bolts. Each room provides various facilities found in a single hotel room. The design anticipates change and growth. By replacement or removal of the capsules, the appearance of the architecture changes over time, containing the potential for participation by the resident in determining its form. This building symbolizes individual human existence in the urban landscape. The concept also expresses the aesthetic of Metabolism, the aesthetic of transience. This project has been short-listed for the World Heritage by the Inter-national Committee of Docomomo International since 1996. |
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