5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. The World That Made It
5
1.1
Metabolism: the whole period in one lesson
1.2
Geography, climate and the materials to hand
1.3
Power, religion and who paid for buildings
1.4
What daily life was actually like
1.5
What came immediately before
2. What They Built
5
2.1
The building types of Metabolism
2.2
Sacred architecture
2.3
Civic, royal and public buildings
2.4
Housing and everyday building
2.5
The city in Metabolism
3. How They Built It
5
3.1
Plug-in capsules and buildings imagined as organisms
3.2
Materials and where they came from
3.3
Structure: how it actually stands up
3.4
Tools, labour and life on the building site
3.5
How long it took and what it cost
4. The Language
5
4.1
The elements and vocabulary of Metabolism
4.2
Proportion, geometry and rule
4.3
Ornament and what it meant
4.4
Light, colour and surface
4.5
How to recognise Metabolism in ten seconds
5. What Survived and What It Changed
5
5.1
The Nakagin Capsule Tower by Kisho Kurokawa, read in detail
5.2
Yamanashi Press and Broadcasting Centre by Kenzo Tange, read in detail
5.3
Expo ’70, Osaka, read in detail
5.4
Why Metabolism gave way to what came next
5.5
What architects still steal from Metabolism today
Metabolism: Japan’s Living Cities
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