Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Pricing
Podcast Image

Architecture Topics

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Living in a Future That Never Arrived

22 Jul 2025

Description

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?

Audio
Featured in this Episode

No persons identified in this episode.

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes
🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.