NonA Weekly: GOODBYE NAKAGIN 👋
Dear readers and friends,
As architects, the demolition of the Nakagin Capsule Tower 👷 fills us with a sense of both sorrow and contemplation. This iconic structure 🌟, a symbol of the innovative Metabolist movement, holds immense cultural and architectural significance 🏛️. It represents a daring vision of the future and an audacious departure from traditional design norms 💪. Witnessing the demise of such a groundbreaking piece of architectural history forces us to question 🤔 the delicate balance between preservation and progress. While time ⌛ and neglect have taken their toll on the tower, there is an undeniable sense of loss 😔 as we bid farewell 👋 to this once-visionary creation. Its demolition 🏗️ serves as a poignant reminder of the ephemeral nature of our built environment 🏙️ and the enduring challenges we face in determining the fate of architectural treasures 👑.
1. DISMANTLING 🔨 OF NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER IN TOKYO
This exclusive VIDEO footage 🎥 shows the demolition and dismantling 🚧 of Kisho Kurokawa’s metabolism Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo.
2. NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER BUILDING IN THE METAVERSE 🌐
The “3D Digital Archive Project” is using a combination of measurement 📐 techniques to record the iconic building 🏛️ in three dimensions and recreate it in the METAVERSE.
3. A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE: REMEMBERING 💭 THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER
This is one of those projects that was so much better for being BUILT and failing because it would have been a failure if it hadn’t been built. 🤔 Because it was built, because there were failures, and because we learned from them, it changed architecture 🤯.
4. TOKYO SAYS GOODBYE 👋 TO AN ULTRA-MODERN ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL
The farewell salute went on for months 📅: Locals and visitors aimed their cameras 📷 across a busy freeway for a last shot of Tokyo’s NAKAGIN Tower.
5. FAREWELL CAPSULE TOWER, TOKYO’S ODDEST 🤪 BUILDING
Anyone who has seen 👀 Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower will remember it. Studded with grey cubes, the striking BUILDING carries an obvious architectural message 📣: this is a modular habitat.
6. NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER WAS THE BEGINNING OF TOKYO’S DREAM ✨ TO BECOME A LEGO CITY
To the untrained eye, the Nakagin Capsule Tower may resemble a pile of old washing machines. But what the BUILDING lacks in traditional charm, it makes up for in architectural significance.
7. NAKAGIN TOWER CAPSULES SAVED 🤩 FROM DEMOLITION
The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has been dismantled and 23 out of its 140 grey interlocking capsules are under RESTORATION 🚧. The cubes that made up the 13 floors of the tower had never been replaced because they were attached 🧲 to the structural core in two points of attachment: ❌ a critical design, which made it very difficult to remove a lower block without releasing all the other units above.
Stay creative and see you all next week! 👋
Daniela
