Remembering the Tower of Capsules
John Hill
17. noviembre 2022
Noritaka Minami at MAS Context Reading Room in Chicago, where the artist's "1972/Accumulations" is on display until December 8, 2022. (Photo: Screenshot)
On his popular "Architecture with Stewart" YouTube channel, Stewart Hicks presents the history of Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower, explains why it was demolished, and speaks with artist Noritaka Minami, who documented the tower for over a decade.
- "The End of an Icon" — featuring pre-demolition photos by Ryogo Utatsu
- "Dispersing the Capsules" — on the effort to save capsules for reuse
- "The End of a Metabolist Icon" — the 2021 news that demolition was imminent
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