Preserving The Nakagin Capsules

Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower in 2018. (Photo: Kakidai/Wikimedia Commons)

The iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972, is composed of 140 small metal capsules, each with a round window, and has sometimes been compared to a stack of washing machines. It has been threatened by redevelopment for some time and now its fate has been sealed. 

(Noritaka Minami, from the series “1972 - Nakagin Capsule Tower”)

There is however a glimmer of good news. The Nakagin Capsule Tower Preservation and Restoration Project plans to remove the capsules, refurbish them, and donate them to museums in and beyond Japan.

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Via Things Magazine

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