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 staged the exhibition 1972/Accumulations at MAS Context in Chicago.
Show Notes
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
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