Work
Metabolism 1960
Explore in the Atlas →Proposed adaptable, expandable and impermanent architectural and urban forms inspired by organic growth, emphasising change over time.
Ephemerality
Details
- Type
- Manifesto
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophicalEast asian
Connections
- exemplifies Metabolism
Referenced by
- Kenzo Tange authored
- Kisho Kurokawa authored
Sources
- Kiyonori Kikutake, Noboru Kawazoe, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki, Masato Otaka. Metabolism 1960: The Proposals for a New Urbanism. Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1960.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Metabolism 1960." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/metabolism-1960/. Accessed July 17, 2026.