Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism

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Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism is a seminal architectural manifesto that outlines the Japanese Metabolist movement’s vision of cities as dynamic, organic systems capable of continuous growth and transformation.

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instanceOf Metabolist movement document
architectural manifesto
book
aim to integrate biological metaphors into city planning
to propose a new model of urban growth
associatedWith Fumihiko Maki
Metabolist architects
surface form: Japanese Metabolist group

Kenzo Tange
Kisho Kurokawa
Kiyonori Kikutake
Noboru Kawazoe NERFINISHED
coreConcept architecture as a process of continuous change
city as a living organism
flexible urban structures
plug-in and replaceable building components
countryOfOrigin Japan
describedAs foundational manifesto of Japanese Metabolism
seminal text of the Metabolist movement
describes Metabolist vision of cities as dynamic systems
cities as organic systems capable of growth and transformation
field architecture
city planning
urban design
genre architectural theory
urban theory
historicalContext post-World War II Japan
rapid urbanization in Japan
influenced high-tech architecture
late 20th-century urban design discourse
megastructure movement
language Japanese
movement Metabolism (architecture)
proposes incremental replacement of building units
large-scale infrastructural frameworks for cities
publicationYear 1960
relatedTo Nakagin Capsule Tower
Tokyo Bay Plan
subject architecture
megastructures
modular architecture
postwar reconstruction
prefabrication in architecture
urban growth
urban planning
urbanism
title Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism self-link

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Metabolism hasManifesto Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism
Metabolism (architecture) hasFoundingDocument Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism
Metabolist architects associatedWithPublication Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism
Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism title Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism self-link
Kiyonori Kikutake publishedIn Metabolism 1960: Proposals for a New Urbanism