Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement - Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

This new edition expands Zhongjie Lin's pathbreaking account on Tange and Metabolism centered at the intersection of urbanism and utopianism. The thorough historical survey leads to a definition of three Metabolist urban paradigms which continue to inspire experiments in architecture, city design, and conservation.

List of contents

Foreword by Arata Isozaki 1. Introduction: City as Organism 2. Metabolism 1960 3. Metabolist Utopias 4. Myths of Tokyo Bay 5. Structure and Symbol 6. Expo ’70 7. The Capsule Tower 8. Epilogue: Seeing the Future through the Past

Summary

This new edition expands Zhongjie Lin’s pathbreaking account on Tange and Metabolism centered at the intersection of urbanism and utopianism. The thorough historical survey leads to a definition of three Metabolist urban paradigms which continue to inspire experiments in architecture, city design, and conservation.

Product details

• Authors: Zhongjie Lin, Zhongjie (University of North Carolina Lin, Lin Zhongjie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2023
• EAN: 9781032149387
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214938-7
• No. of pages: 301
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Japan, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, History of Architecture, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Individual architects and architectural firms, Theory of architecture, City and town planning: architectural aspects