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Beyond Utopia: Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia

Autor Agnes Nyilas
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2018
Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with the concept of utopia. Beyond this partial understanding, Agnes Nyilas suggests that rather than being merely utopian, the Megastructure of Metabolism represents a uniquely amalgam genre: the myth camouflaged as utopia. Although its Megastructure seemingly describes a desirable future condition as utopia does, it also comprises certain cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japanese people, in accordance with the general interpretation of myth. The primary narrative of Beyond Utopia thus follows the gradual unfolding of the myth-like characteristics of its Megastructure.
Myth is dealt here as an interdisciplinary subject in line with contemporary myth theories. After expounding the mechanism underlying the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of the myth), Part I discovers the formal characteristics of the Megastructure of Metabolism to give a hint of the real intention behind it. Based on this, Part II is a reexamination of their design methods, which aims to clarify the function of the myth and to suggest the meaning behind it. Finally, Part III deals with the subject matter of the myth by disclosing the meaning unfolding in the story, and suggests a new reading of Metabolism urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781138056039
ISBN-10: 1138056030
Pagini: 238
Ilustrații: 5 Tables, black and white; 85 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Author's Preface
INTRODUCTION: The origin of the myth - THE AGONY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE
PART ONE: THE UTOPIA OF MEGASTRUCTURE (The myth camouflaged)
Megastructure Proposals by Kiyonori Kikutake
Megastructure Proposals by Kenzo Tange
PART TWO: The Function of the myth – CITY AS ‘LIVING SYSTEM’
Introduction to Part Two 
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kikutake’s and Tange’s Megastructures
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kurokawa's Megastructures
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kawazoe's discourse
PART THREE: The Subject Matter of the myth – CREATIVE TRADITION
"Overcoming Modernity"
The "tradition debate" in Architecture
Traditional Japanese conception of urban space
DENOUEMENT
Appendix
Postscript

Notă biografică

Agnes Nyilas was an Assistant Professor at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Japan. She received a combined BArch + MArch degree in architecture from Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and a PhD in architecture from Nagoya University, Japan. Her research interests ranged from architectural design practice to the history and theory of architecture and urban design, with a special focus on modern and contemporary design theories.

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Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with utopian concepts. Beyond Utopia argues that Metabolism Megastructures represent an amalgam genre: myth camouflaged as utopia. After exploring the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of myth), Part One examines the formal characteristics of the Megastructures to reveal underlying intent. Part Two looks at design methods, clarifying the function of myth. Part Three deals with the subject of myth and suggests a new reading of Metabolism urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept through cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japan.