Zhongjie Lin

Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement (eBook, ePUB)

Urban Utopias of Modern Japan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition expands Zhongjie Lin's pathbreaking account on Tange and Metabolism centered at the intersection of urbanism and utopianism. The thorough historical survey leads to a definition of three Metabolist urban paradigms which continue to inspire experiments in architecture, city design, and conservation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000926644
• Artikelnr.: 68616528

Autorenporträt

Dr. Zhongjie Lin is an architect, urban designer, and scholar of urbanism. He is Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as director of Urban Design program. He is also founding director of Futurepolis, an awarding-winning practice of international architecture and planning. Dr. Lin is author or coauthor of several books, including Urban Design in the Global Perspective (2006), Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement (2010/2023), The Making of a Chinese Model New Town (2012), Vertical Urbanism (2018), and Rio de Janeiro: Urban Expansion and Environment (2019). He holds a PhD in architectural history and criticism from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.Arch. from Tongji University.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Arata Isozaki 1. Introduction: City as Organism 2. Metabolism
1960 3. Metabolist Utopias 4. Myths of Tokyo Bay 5. Structure and Symbol 6.
Expo '70 7. The Capsule Tower 8. Epilogue: Seeing the Future through the
Past