Place to see: Nakagin Capsule Tower, T?ky?-to, Japan

Apartment Blocks

Apartment Blocks

This 70's vision for urban living now appears glum and run-down, a symbol of a future that never was. It was a bit sad seeing it this way, actually.

About this place:

Designed by metabolist architect Kurokawa Kisho and completed in 1972, this building of capsule residences consists of prefabricated apartment capsules fitted to two central service cores.

東京都中央区銀座8−16−10
Ginza, T?ky?-to, JP

Discovered by Brian Hunziker
on 23 October 2007.
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