The Nakagin Capsule Tower, among the few large structures to emerge from the Japanese Metabolism movement, was barely 50 years old when it was demolished in September 2022, after years of neglect and debate. Unfrozen interviews visual artist Noritaka Minami and curator Iker Gil, who have staged the exhibition 1972/Accumulationsat MAS Context in Chicago, on display through December 8.


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Intro/Outro:


Space Oddity” by David Bowie


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Discussed:


Japanese Metabolism


1960 Tokyo World Design Conference


1970 World’s Exposition, Osaka


1972 – Nakagin Capsule Tower book


Kisho Kurokawa, architect of the Nakagin Capsule Tower


Tomio Ohashi photos


Tatsuyuki Maeda> Capsule Tower Preservation and Restoration Project > Nakagin Capsule Tower: The Last Record


MAS Context Analog 2016


Galen Pardee / Drawing Agency


Kisho Kurokawa’s only building in the USA is in Chicago: the Illinois Center Sporting Club


Marina City, one of Nakagin Capsule Tower’s inspirations