Project Japan. Metabolism Talks …: Koolhaas, obrist

Back to the Future
Visionary Architecture in Postwar Japan
“Once there was a nation that Went to War, Butter They Conquered air Own Country Was Destroyed by Atom Bombs … The Victors Imposed Democracy on the Vanquished. Plan and Think … Althrow They Vere Very Different Characters, The Architects Worked Closely To Realize Their Dreams, Staunchly Supported By A Super-Creative Bureaucracy and An Activist State … AFTER 15 Years of Incubation, They Surprised the World with Architecture-Metabolism-That Proposed a radical Makeover of the Entire Land … The Newspapers, Magazines, and TV Turned the Architects Into Heroes: Thinkers and Doers, Thorough Modern Men … Throhhh Sheer Hard Work, Discipline, and the Integration of All Forms of Creativity, Their Country, Japan, Became a Shining Examp …

Author
Koolhaas Rem, Obrist Hans Ulrich
Publisher
Taschen, 2011
Series
Architecture and design
Genre
Design. Fashion. Photo