Research Catalog

Title

Nakagin Capsule Tower : Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction / a film by Rima Yamazaki ; produced by Michael Blackwood Productions Inc.

Publication

Barcelona : Fundación Caja de Arquitectos, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fundación Caja de Arquitectos.
• Herreros, Juan,
• Michael Blackwood Productions, film production company.
• Yamazaki, Rima,

Description

1 DVD (58 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in +

Summary

The Nakagin Capsule Tower is a rare built example of Metabolism. The Nakagin Capsule Tower, completed in 1972, was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, the youngest Metabolist architect. It was planned as a futuristic niche for modern businessmen in Tokyo. Today, more than 30 years after its completion, this historic building is in danger of demolition. The documentary includes interviews with residents of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, an architectural historian, a former Kurokawa office architect who was in charge of the Nakagin Capsule Tower project, Kurokawa's son, and leading architects Arata Isozaki and Toyo Ito. It contains historic footage of the fabrication of the capsules and their installation on the tower infrastructure.

Series Statement

Arquia/documental ; 27

Uniform Title

Arquia/documental ; 27.

Alternative Title

Kisho Kurokawa : La Torre Cápsula de Nakagin

Subjects

• Architecture
• Architecture, Modern
• Japan
• Japan > Tokyo
• 1900-1999
• Kurokawa, Kishō, 1934-2007
• History
• Buildings
• Architecture, Modern > History > 20th century
• Metabolism in architecture (Movement)
• Architecture > Japan > History > 20th century
• Tokyo (Japan) > Buildings, structures, etc

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• DVD release of a 2010 film produced in the United States.
• Copyright date from credits, 2010.
• Accompanying book includes text by Juan Herreros.

Bibliography (note)

• Accompanying book includes bibliographical references.

System Details (note)

• DVD, PAL, regions 2 and 4.

Language (note)

• In Japanese ; optional subtitles in Spanish ; text in Spanish.

ISBN

8437009411278 (text + disc) (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries