Helix City Project, Tokyo, Japan (Plan)

Helix City Project, Tokyo, Japan (Plan)

Kisho KurokawaWW-1961-M000438

Catalogue

Year
1961
Dimensions
21 1/2 x 17 1/2" (54.6 x 44.5 cm)

Artist

Kisho Kurokawa
Kisho Kurokawa

Drawing

Kisho Kurokawa was a Japanese architect and theorist whose designs synthesized organic forms with technological innovation, pioneering what he termed the Metabolism movement in the 1960s. His practice ranged from residential capsule architecture and civic structures to conceptual urban proposals that rejected rigid functionalism in favor of adaptability and renewal. Kurokawa's work combined biomimetic principles, prefabrication, and philosophical inquiry into the relationship between human habitation and natural systems. His influence on postwar Japanese architecture and design theory extended globally through both built projects and extensive writings on urbanism and temporality.

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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