Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with utopian concepts. Beyond Utopia argues that Metabolism Megastructures represent an amalgam genre: myth camouflaged as utopia. After exploring the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of myth), Part One examines the formal characteristics of the Megastructures to reveal underlying intent. Part Two looks at design methods, clarifying the function of myth. Part Three deals with the subject of myth and suggests a new reading of Metabolism urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the…mehr
Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with utopian concepts. Beyond Utopia argues that Metabolism Megastructures represent an amalgam genre: myth camouflaged as utopia. After exploring the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of myth), Part One examines the formal characteristics of the Megastructures to reveal underlying intent. Part Two looks at design methods, clarifying the function of myth. Part Three deals with the subject of myth and suggests a new reading of Metabolism urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept through cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japan.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Agnes Nyilas was an Assistant Professor at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Japan. She received a combined BArch + MArch degree in architecture from Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and a PhD in architecture from Nagoya University, Japan. Her research interests ranged from architectural design practice to the history and theory of architecture and urban design, with a special focus on modern and contemporary design theories.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgement Foreword Author's Preface INTRODUCTION: The origin of the myth - THE AGONY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE PART ONE: THE UTOPIA OF MEGASTRUCTURE (The myth camouflaged) Megastructure Proposals by Kiyonori Kikutake Megastructure Proposals by Kenzo Tange PART TWO: The Function of the myth - CITY AS 'LIVING SYSTEM' Introduction to Part Two Properties of 'Living systems' in Kikutake's and Tange's Megastructures Properties of 'Living systems' in Kurokawa's Megastructures Properties of 'Living systems' in Kawazoe's discourse PART THREE: The Subject Matter of the myth - CREATIVE TRADITION "Overcoming Modernity" The "tradition debate" in Architecture Traditional Japanese conception of urban space DENOUEMENT Appendix Postscript
Table of Contents Acknowledgement Foreword Author's Preface INTRODUCTION: The origin of the myth - THE AGONY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE PART ONE: THE UTOPIA OF MEGASTRUCTURE (The myth camouflaged) Megastructure Proposals by Kiyonori Kikutake Megastructure Proposals by Kenzo Tange PART TWO: The Function of the myth - CITY AS 'LIVING SYSTEM' Introduction to Part Two Properties of 'Living systems' in Kikutake's and Tange's Megastructures Properties of 'Living systems' in Kurokawa's Megastructures Properties of 'Living systems' in Kawazoe's discourse PART THREE: The Subject Matter of the myth - CREATIVE TRADITION "Overcoming Modernity" The "tradition debate" in Architecture Traditional Japanese conception of urban space DENOUEMENT Appendix Postscript
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