Beyond Utopia - Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia - Agnes Nyilas - Paperback Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - 2018 - Engelsk -
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Description
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.
