The metabolist imagination: visions of the city in postwar Japanese architecture and science fiction
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Beteilige Person: Gardner, William O. 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Minneapolis ; London University of Minnesota Press [2020]
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Abstract:"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"--
Umfang:viii, 223 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781517906245
9781517906238