An in-depth exploration of Metabolism, the Japanese architectural movement, by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Emerging in Tokyo in 1960, Metabolism was an avant-garde movement that envisioned cities and buildings as living organisms, capable of continuous growth and transformation. Drawing on interviews conducted between 2005 and 2011 with key figures of the movement, the book brings together hundreds of rare photographs, architectural models, urban plans, and archival materials. From Japan’s postwar reconstruction to Expo ’70 in Osaka and the movement’s influence beyond Japan, this comprehensive volume traces the ambitious visions of a new urban future imagined by its architects. A richly documented study of the creativity and forward-thinking spirit that shaped postwar Japanese architecture.
Pages : 720
Size : 17×23cm (Softcover)
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Metabolism was an avant-garde architectural movement founded in Japan in 1960. Taking its name from the biological process of renewal, the movement viewed cities and buildings as evolving structures capable of growth and transformation. Led by a generation of young architects, including Kisho Kurokawa, Kiyonori Kikutake, and Fumihiko Maki, it proposed new architectural approaches to rapid urbanization and population growth. Characterized by adaptable structures, replaceable building components, and visionary proposals such as floating cities, Metabolism left a lasting influence on postwar Japanese architecture.
