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Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived
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In the heart of 1970s Tokyo, a building appeared that looked like it had landed from another planet. A stack of steel capsules, each with a round window like a spaceship, bolted to concrete towers in the middle of a chaotic, booming city.
It was one of the most radical experiments of Japan’s Metabolist movement, a vision of a city that could adapt and evolve like a living organism.
But what happened to that vision? And why, half a century later, does the Nakagin Capsule Tower still fascinate architects, students, and dreamers around the world?
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