The Museum of Modern Art is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower from July 10, 2025, to July 12, 2026. Titled The Many Lives of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, it reflects on the building's 50-year existence. The exhibition features contextual materials, original drawings, archival recordings, and a fully restored capsule, prompting viewers to think about aging buildings and urban evolution. Kurokawa's design embodies principles of Japanese Metabolism, emphasizing architecture's adaptability and potential for renewal through metabolic cycles. The showcased tower represents a significant vision of postwar Japanese architecture.
The Nakagin Capsule Tower, constructed in 1972 and dismantled in 2022, represents a radical urban living experiment as part of the Metabolist movement, emphasizing adaptable architecture.
Japanese Metabolism envisioned buildings as dynamic entities capable of change, and the exhibition showcases the tower's evolution, inviting reflection on aging buildings and urban transformation.
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