Metabolism in ArchitectureContents Preface 7 Introduction by Charles Jencks s Chapter 1 1 The Philosophy of Metabolism 28 2 The Origin and History of the Metabolist Movement 41 Agricultural City, 1960 48 Museum for Kumamoto City, 1975 48 Service Area for the Tokyo-Nagoya Highway, 1969 50 Nitto Food Company Cannery, 1964 52 Floating City, Kasumigaura, 1961 54 Helix Structure, 1961 56 Hishino New Town, 1966 57 Linear City, ‘Metamorphosis’, 1965 58 Fujisawa New Town, 1968 60 Redevelopment Plan for Downtown Kawasaki, 1970 61 Regional Plan for the Vasto-San Salvo Area, 1975 62 Beaubourg Centre, Paris, 1971 64 Metapolis - the Hishino Plan 67 Chapter 2 1 Capsule Declaration % 2 Meta-Architecture 86 Prefabricated Apartment House, 1962 92 Discothéque Space Capsule, 1968 95 Floating Factory, ‘Metabonate’, 1969 96 Capsule House in the Theme Pavilion, Expo "70,1970 98 ‘Takara Beautillion, Expo ‘70,1970 101 Nakagin Capsule Tower, 1972 105 Capsule House ‘K’, 1972 112 Concrete Capsule House, 1975 116 Capsule Village, 1972 118 Sony Tower, Osaka, 1975 120 Koito Building, 1974 192 Um Al-Kanhazeer Project, 1975 124 Drive-In Restaurant, ‘Otome Toge’, 1969 126 Toshiba Thi Pavilion, Expo "70, 1970 128 Big Box, 1974 182Chapter 3 Architecture of the Street 135 Nishijin Labour Centre, 1962 143 Central Lodge in the National Children’s Land, 1965, 146 Hans Christian Andersen Memorial Museum, 1965 149 Kyoto International Conference Hall, 1963 151 National Theatre, 1963 153 ‘The TANU Headquarters Building, Tanzania, 1972 154 ‘The Conference City, Abu Dhabi, 1975 159 Hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria, 1975 161 Azabu Town Houses, 1974 163 Ishikawa Cultural Centre, 1975 165 Exhibition Space, Vasto, Italy, 1975 167 Daido Insurance Building, Tokyo, 1975 168 Chapter 4 1 Media Space, or En-Space 171 2 Notes on Media Space (En-Space) 180 Head Office of the Fukuoka Bank, 1975 188 Sagae City Hall, 1967 194 National Ethnology Museum, 1975 196 ‘The Resort Town Okutadeshina, 1965 198 Yamagata Resort Centre, 1967 199 Waki-cho City Hall, 1975 201 Sports Centre, Vasto, Italy, 1975 208 Bibliography 205 Credits for Photographs 208