03101cam a22004577i 4500 20727895 20230111074321.0 181101t20182018nyuae b 001 0 eng d 2018289193 1138056022 (hbk) 1138056030 (pbk) 9781138056039 (pbk) (OCoLC)on1038007309 ERASA eng rda ERASA YDX BDX CDX OCLCF DLC lccopycat a-ja--- NA1555.5.M57 N95 2018 720.952 N95 2018 23 Nyilas, Agnes, 1973- author. Beyond utopia : Japanese Metabolism architecture and the birth of mythopia / Agnes Nyilas. New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. ©2018 xxiv, 214 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index. Megastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with the concept of utopia. Beyond this partial understanding, the author suggests that rather than being merely utopian, the Megastructure of Metabolism represents a uniquely amalgam genre: the myth camouflaged as utopia. Although its Megastructure seemingly describes a desirable future condition as utopia does, it also comprises certain cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japanese people, in accordance with the general interpretation of myth. The primary narrative of the book thus follows the gradual unfolding of the myth-like characteristics of its Megastructure. Myth is dealt here as an interdisciplinary subject in line with contemporary myth theories. After expounding the mechanism underlying the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of the myth), Part I discovers the formal characteristics of the Megastructure of Metabolism to give a hint of the real intention behind it. Based on this, Part II is a reexamination of their design methods, which aims to clarify the function of the myth and to suggest the meaning behind it. Finally, Part III deals with the subject matter of the myth by disclosing the meaning unfolding in the story, and suggests a new reading of Metabolism's urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept. Metabolism in architecture (Movement) Megastructures Japan. Visionary architecture Japan. Architects. fast (OCoLC)fst00813114 Architecture. fast (OCoLC)fst00813346 Megastructures. fast (OCoLC)fst01015574 Metabolism in architecture (Movement) fast (OCoLC)fst01017494 Japan. fast (OCoLC)fst01204082 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK-EN 0 5805 5805 0 0 ddc 0 0 CENTRAL TUWAIQ 2023-01-11 0 720.952 N95 2018 1000000024407 2023-01-11 00:00:00 1 2023-01-11 BK-EN