The metabolist imagination: visions of the city in postwar Japanese architecture and science fiction

"This manuscript examines the relationship between architecture, urban design, and science fiction in postwar Japan, focusing on Metabolism, an avant-garde architectural movement formed in 1960 and influenced by the science fiction of Komatsu Sakyô, who collaborated with Metabolist architects d...

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Main Author: Gardner, William O. 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis ; London University of Minnesota Press [2020]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This manuscript examines the relationship between architecture, urban design, and science fiction in postwar Japan, focusing on Metabolism, an avant-garde architectural movement formed in 1960 and influenced by the science fiction of Komatsu Sakyô, who collaborated with Metabolist architects during the 1970 World Expo in Osaka. By envisioning both utopian and apocalyptic (sci-fi) futures, Metabolist architects imagined large-scale megastructures based on biological concepts"--
Physical Description:viii, 223 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781517906245
9781517906238