Kisho Kurokawa ,
The Nakagin Capsule Tower.
Tokyo, Japan.
The Nakagin Capsule Tower is a futuristic tower inJapan and was the first capsule architecture design. The Capsule Tower realizes the ideas of metabolism, exchangeability, recycleablity as the prototype of sustainable architecture.
The Nakagin Tower is located in the Ginza area of Tokyo; theNagakin Capsule Tower was originally designed as a Capsule Hotel to provide economical housing for businessmen working late in central Tokyo.
It 14-story high Tower with 140 capsules stacked at angles around a central cores and the units are detachable and replaceable.
Let's go through some pictures about the interior design of this building.
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source : http://www.arcspace.com/architects/kurokawa/nakagin/nakagin.html
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