1st Edition
Beyond Utopia Japanese Metabolism Architecture and the Birth of Mythopia
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
Foreword
Author's Preface
INTRODUCTION: The origin of the myth - THE AGONY OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE
PART ONE: THE UTOPIA OF MEGASTRUCTURE (The myth camouflaged)
Megastructure Proposals by Kiyonori Kikutake
Megastructure Proposals by Kenzo Tange
PART TWO: The Function of the myth – CITY AS ‘LIVING SYSTEM’
Introduction to Part Two
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kikutake’s and Tange’s Megastructures
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kurokawa's Megastructures
Properties of ‘Living systems’ in Kawazoe's discourse
PART THREE: The Subject Matter of the myth – CREATIVE TRADITION
"Overcoming Modernity"
The "tradition debate" in Architecture
Traditional Japanese conception of urban space
DENOUEMENT
Appendix
Postscript
Biography
Agnes Nyilas was an Assistant Professor at Sugiyama Jogakuen University in Japan. She received a combined BArch + MArch degree in architecture from Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and a PhD in architecture from Nagoya University, Japan. Her research interests ranged from architectural design practice to the history and theory of architecture and urban design, with a special focus on modern and contemporary design theories.
