
Helix City Project, Tokyo, Japan (Plan)
Kisho KurokawaWW-1961-M000438
1961·Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver photographs and ink on cut-and-pasted tracing paper on paper·21 1/2 x 17 1/2" (54.6 x 44.5 cm)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1961
- Dimensions
- 21 1/2 x 17 1/2" (54.6 x 44.5 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Kisho Kurokawa
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Kisho Kurokawa
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Kisho Kurokawa was a Japanese architect and theorist whose designs synthesized organic forms with technological innovation, pioneering what he termed the Metabolism movement in the 1960s. His practice ranged from residential capsule architecture and civic structures to conceptual urban proposals that rejected rigid functionalism in favor of adaptability and renewal. Kurokawa's work combined biomimetic principles, prefabrication, and philosophical inquiry into the relationship between human habitation and natural systems. His influence on postwar Japanese architecture and design theory extended globally through both built projects and extensive writings on urbanism and temporality.
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- Kisho Kurokawa
- Year
- 1961
- Dimensions
- 21 1/2 x 17 1/2" (54.6 x 44.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1961-M000438
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- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
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