The metabolist imagination : visions of the city in postwar Japanese architecture and science fiction / William O. Gardner.

Main entry:

Gardner, William O., 1969- author.

Title & Author:

The metabolist imagination : visions of the city in postwar Japanese architecture and science fiction / William O. Gardner.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]

Description:

viii, 223 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
City visions : metabolism and science viction -- Ruined cities : Isozaki Arata and Komatsu Sakyō -- Planetary cities : Komatsu Sakyō's disaster fiction -- Future city : the 1970 Osaka Expo -- Liquid cities : the technopolis from Expo to cyberpunk -- Metabolist echoes : Akira, Patlabor, and Yanobe Kenji.

Summary:

"This manuscript examines the relationship between architecture, urban design, and science fiction in postwar Japan, focusing on Metabolism, an avant-garde architectural movement formed in 1960 and influenced by the science fiction of Komatsu Sakyô, who collaborated with Metabolist architects during the 1970 World Expo in Osaka. By envisioning both utopian and apocalyptic (sci-fi) futures, Metabolist architects imagined large-scale megastructures based on biological concepts"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781517906238 hardcover
1517906237 hardcover
9781517906245 paperback
1517906245 paperback
electronic book
9781452963129

Subject:

Metabolism in architecture (Movement)
Architecture and biology Japan History 20th century.
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Visionary architecture Japan.
Architecture and literature.
Future, The, in literature.
Science fiction, Japanese History and criticism.
Science fiction, Japanese Influence.
Metabolism (Groupe d'architectes japonais)
Architecture et biologie Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture visionnaire Japon.
Architecture et littérature.
Futur dans la littérature.
Metabolism (movement)
Architecture.
Architecture and biology.
Science fiction, Japanese.
Visionary architecture.
Japan.

Form/genre:

Informational works.
Art criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Critiques d'art.
Documents d'information.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 308694
Call No.: BIB 254046
Status: Available

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