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The Metabolist Imagination: Visions of the City in Postwar Japanese Architecture and Science Fiction

By William O. Gardner
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By William O. Gardner
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Japan’s postwar urban imagination through the Metabolism architecture movement and visionary science fiction authors

The devastation of the Second World War gave rise to imaginations both utopian and apocalyptic. In Japan, a fascinating confluence of architects and science fiction writers took advantage of this space to begin remaking urban design. In The Metabolist Imagination, William O. Gardner explores the unique Metabolism movement, which allied with science fiction authors to foresee...

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