Architectural Styles

Metabolism

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

Japanese Metabolism

Organic Architecture

 

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1960-1973

  • Modular design
  • flowing, organic shapes
  • mimic natural forms
  • Buildings as living organism
  • capable of growth & adaptation
  • modular and flexible design
  • urban issues
  • adaptable structures
  • infrastructure (transportation systems & utilities) as integral components
  • multi-functional dynamic spaces
  • high rise
  • Japan
  • influenced Asia & Africa

Common Building Types

Landmark buildings

Historic Accommodation Types

Accommodation Examples

  • High-rise residential
  • cultural
  • community
  • exhibition spaces
  • Nakagin Capsule Tower Tokyo
  • Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium
  • Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center
  • Megastructure Project [Theoretical]
  • Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo
  • Tower of the Sun Osaka
  • Edo-Tokyo Museum
  • Kiyonori Kikutake’s projects
  • Tatebayashi Civic Centr
  • Miyakonojo Civic Hall
  • Hotel Seiyo Ginza
  • Hotel Sofitel Tokyo
  • Kikutake Tower Shaped City
  • Kenzo Tange’s Vision for Tokyo
  • Urban master plan of Skopje 
  • Kyoto International Conference Center
  • Yamanashi Press and Broadcaster Centre
  • Hillside Terrace Tokyo
  • Kikutake’s Expo Tower
  • Osaka Expo 1970
  • Kurokawa’s Toshiba-IHI Pavilion, Osaka Expo 1970
  • Kuwait Embassy and Chancellery of Japan

Metabolism was explicitly about living, plug-in, replaceable architecture

 

  • Capsule Hotels (Pure Metabolist Expression)
  • Metabolist Megastructure Hotels
  • Capsule Towers with Short-Stay Use
  • Experimental Expo & Prototype Accommodation
  • Contemporary Capsule Hotels in Original Metabolist Lineage
  • Capsule Inn Osaka — Kisho Kurokawa
  • Capsule Hotel Shinjuku
  • Hotel Okura Tokyo
  • Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center (conceptual hospitality crossover)
  • Nakagin Capsule Tower — Kisho Kurokawa
  • Expo ’70 lodging prototypes
  • Metabolist pavilion-hotel hybrids
  • Nine Hours Capsule Hotel
  • Book and Bed Tokyo (conceptual descendant)

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