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050	0	0	_aNA1555.5.M57 _bN95 2018
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100	1		_aNyilas, Agnes, _d1973- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBeyond utopia : _bJapanese Metabolism architecture and the birth of mythopia / _cAgnes Nyilas.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _c2018.
264		4	_c©2018
300			_axxiv, 214 pages : _billustrations, plans ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
520	8		_aMegastructure 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.
650		0	_aMetabolism in architecture (Movement)
650		0	_aMegastructures _zJapan.
650		0	_aVisionary architecture _zJapan.
650		7	_aArchitects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00813114
650		7	_aArchitecture. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00813346
650		7	_aMegastructures. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01015574
650		7	_aMetabolism in architecture (Movement) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01017494
651		7	_aJapan. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204082
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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