Metabolist Imagination
Japan's postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authorsThe devastation of the Second World War gave rise to imaginations both utopian and…
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Japan's postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authorsThe devastation of the Second World War gave rise to imaginations both utopian and apocalyptic. In Japan, a fascinating confluence of architects and science fiction writers took advantage of this space to begin remaking urban design. In The Metabolist Imagination, William O. Gardner explores the unique Metabolism movement, which allied with science fiction authors to foresee the global cities that would emerge in the postwar era.This first comparative study of postwar Japanese architecture and science fiction builds on the resurgence of interest in Metabolist architecture while establishing new directions for exploration. Gardner focuses on how these innovators created unique versions of shared concepts--including futurity,
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