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post updated 22 April 2022
Nakagin Capsule Tower Demolition
Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo by Kisho Kurokawa
One of Japan’s most distinctive works of contemporary architecture, the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, will be demolished this April, according to the building’s new owners. The building’s architect was Kisho Kurokawa.
The decision ends years of uncertainty surrounding the Metabolist structure, which had fallen into disrepair.
Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo:

photograph : Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Completed in 1972, the tower comprises 144 factory-built units arranged around two concrete cores. Each 10-sqm (108-sqft) “capsule” features a porthole-style window, with appliances and furniture built into the structure of each home.
Nakagin Capsule Tower building:

photograph : scarletgreen, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The building is a good example of Metabolism, a radical architectural movement that emerged from the ruins of World War II. As well as embracing technology and mass production, the avant-garde group’s members looked to nature for inspiration, with structural components treated like organic cells that could be ...