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Metabolist Architecture is an architectural design style that originated in Japan in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It is characterized by a focus on modular and flexible structures that can adapt and change over time, much like the metabolism of a living organism. Metabolist architects sought to create architecture that was in harmony with post-war Japan’s rapid economic and technological growth and aimed to design buildings that could be easily reconfigured, expanded, or altered as needed.
“Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity” – Kisho Kurokawa.
The Hawaii Dreamland Resort Center in Yamagata, a visionary project by renowned Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, marked a pivotal moment in Japan’s post-war era. Constructed as one of the country’s…
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Kenzo Tange’s 1960 Master Plan for Tokyo aimed to address the challenges of urban sprawl faced by industrial cities. With a deep understanding of emerging urban trends and a belief…
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Maki’s Golgi Structures designed in 1968 by Fumihiko Maki was named after Nobel Prize-winner Camillo Golgi, who developed techniques for visualizing nerve cell bodies. The structure proposed by Maki alternates dense urban…
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Designed by renowned Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972, the Nakagin Capsule Tower stands as a symbol of Japan’s postwar cultural resurgence and an iconic example of the…
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In response to the devastation of agricultural towns in Aichi by the Ise Bay Typhoon in 1959, renowned Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa conceived a visionary concept in 1960 – the…
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Designed and built between 1961 and 1964 for the Tokyo Olympics, the National Stadium of Japan, designed by Kenzo Tange, explores and stimulates the creative possibilities of architecture that started…
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In 1958, Japanese architect Kiyonori Kikutake (1928-2011) completed the Sky House, a visionary residence that he designed and built for himself. Perched atop a hill in Tokyo, the Sky House…
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The Marine City projects by Kiyonori Kikutake, designed between 1958 and 1963, are the first and most influential proposals to build ‘Megastructures’ into the sea after the dissolution of C.I.A.M….
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Built-in 1979 by Japanese Architect Togo Murano, the Yatsugatake Art Museum has a unique design with a dome shape like a spaceport determined by the building materials and the construction method.
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The St. Mary’s Cathedral, located in Tokyo, Japan, was designed by the renowned architect Kenzo Tange and built in 1964. This building was constructed to replace the old wooden cathedral,…
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The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists. – Toyo Ito
Kenji Ekuan was a Japanese industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle. His designs originate from the sights of Hiroshima’s devastation after the U.S….
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In 1966, Japanese architect Takamitsu Azuma constructed the Tower House, an impressive six-story building on a mere 12-square-meter plot of land to house his family. The unique design features a…
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