Peer inside the unique Nakagin CapsuleTower, an iconic Tokyo building which, despite efforts to save it, will be demolished next week.
A short walk from Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district stands a unique building that for decades has been a magnet for architecture fans and curious tourists.
The building’s 140 or so capsules, each measuring around 10 square meters, were built off-site and then bolted onto two concrete shafts. Kurokawa suggested at the outset that the capsules should be replaced with new designs every 25 years, but in the end none were removed.
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