Metabolism in architecture - Revision history

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	* ‘Last Futures: Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture’, MURPHY D., Verso Books (2015).		* ‘Last Futures: Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture’, MURPHY D., Verso Books (2015).

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	Metabolism represented an urban environment that was responsive, replaceable and could grow in an organic way. It largely followed the ‘megastructure’ form that was gaining in popularity with architects and planners at the time, as a means of addressing the growing populations of urban areas and the rapidly-changing lifestyles of the post-war era. The principles of the megastructure were that it had to be modular, capable of extension and have a framework into which smaller elements could be ‘plugged’ or replaced.		Metabolism represented an urban environment that was responsive, replaceable and could grow in an organic way. It largely followed the ‘megastructure’ form that was gaining in popularity with architects and planners at the time, as a means of addressing the growing populations of urban areas and the rapidly-changing lifestyles of the post-war era. The principles of the megastructure were that it had to be modular, capable of extension and have a framework into which smaller elements could be ‘plugged’ or replaced.

−	The Japanese Metabolists were particularly inspired by University of East Anglia’s ‘Ziggurats’, as well as by Safdie’s Habitat 67 in Montreal. Although many projects failed to get off the ground, ~~the examples~~ of the Metabolist form include the battleship-esque New Sky Building in Shinjuku (see image above) and the Nakagin Capsule Tower.	+	The Japanese Metabolists were particularly inspired by University of East Anglia’s ‘Ziggurats’, as well as by Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 in Montreal. Although many projects failed to get off the ground, texamples of the Metabolist form include the battleship-esque New Sky Building in Shinjuku (see image above) and the Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo by Kisho Kurokawa.

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	* Architectural styles.		* Architectural styles.

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	* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].		* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].
	* Robot Building, Bangkok.		* Robot Building, Bangkok.
		+	* The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945.
	* Unusual building design of the week.		* Unusual building design of the week.
	* Urban design.		* Urban design.

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	* Megastructure.		* Megastructure.
	* Nakagin Capsule Tower.		* Nakagin Capsule Tower.
		+	* Neo-futurism.
	* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].		* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].
	* Robot Building, Bangkok.		* Robot Building, Bangkok.

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	* Deconstructivism.		* Deconstructivism.
	* Frei Otto.		* Frei Otto.
		+	* Fuji TV Building, Tokyo.
	* Geodesic dome.		* Geodesic dome.
	* Habitat 67.		* Habitat 67.

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	* Art Moderne.		* Art Moderne.
	* Blobitecture.		* Blobitecture.
		+	* Brutalism.
	* Buckminster Fuller.		* Buckminster Fuller.
	* Constructivist architecture.		* Constructivist architecture.

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	* Architectural styles.		* Architectural styles.
	* Art Moderne.		* Art Moderne.
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	* Buckminster Fuller.		* Buckminster Fuller.
	* Constructivist architecture.		* Constructivist architecture.

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	* Architectural styles.		* Architectural styles.
		+	* Art Moderne.
	* Buckminster Fuller.		* Buckminster Fuller.
	* Constructivist architecture.		* Constructivist architecture.

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	* Geodesic dome.		* Geodesic dome.
	* Habitat 67.		* Habitat 67.
		+	* High-tech architecture.
	* Last Futures: Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture.		* Last Futures: Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture.
	* Lloyds of London.		* Lloyds of London.
	* Megastructure.		* Megastructure.
−	* Mimetic architecture.
	* Nakagin Capsule Tower.		* Nakagin Capsule Tower.
	* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].		* [[Norfolk_Terrace_and_Suffolk_Terrace_-_%27the_Ziggurats%27\|Norfolk Terrace and Suffolk Terrace - ‘the Ziggurats’]].