The Capsule Tower

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf building
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Metabolism
gptkbp:associatedWith urban living
gptkbp:built prefabrication techniques
gptkbp:completed 1972
gptkbp:conservationEfforts limited
gptkbp:constructionMaterial concrete
gptkbp:culturalSignificance icon_of_Japanese_architecture
gptkbp:currentStatus abandoned
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Kenzō_Tange
gptkbp:discusses architecture journals
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Tokyo_Metropolitan_Government_Building
gptkbp:famousFor innovative design
gptkbp:featuredIn documentaries
gptkbp:floors approximately 1,000 square meters
gptkbp:function residential
gptkbp:has unique aesthetic
gptkbp:hasTheme subject of academic studies
gptkbp:height 13 stories
gptkbp:historicalSignificance post-war architecture
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Capsule Tower
gptkbp:influenced Japanese_architects
gptkbp:influencedBy modernism
international style
gptkbp:inspiration other_Metabolist_projects
gptkbp:isAccessibleBy 1970s
gptkbp:isConsidered a landmark
gptkbp:isDesignedFor flexible living spaces
gptkbp:isInspiredBy space-age design
gptkbp:isIntegratedWith be a temporary structure
gptkbp:isLocatedIn gptkb:Shinjuku,_Tokyo
gptkbp:isNotableFor its capsules
gptkbp:isPartOf urban landscape
gptkbp:isRecognizedBy gptkb:UNESCO
gptkbp:isSubjectTo urban exploration
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tokyo,_Japan
gptkbp:notableFeature modular capsules
gptkbp:numberOfStudents 140
gptkbp:originalPurpose housing
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Shinjuku_district
gptkbp:photography architectural photographers
gptkbp:publicAccess restricted
gptkbp:relatedTo other capsule buildings
gptkbp:renovated not renovated
gptkbp:represents Metabolist movement
gptkbp:symbolizes Japanese_post-war_recovery
gptkbp:viewpoint experimental architecture
gptkbp:visitedBy tourists
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn economic boom
gptkbp:wasPartOf solution to housing crisis
Tokyo's_urban_development_plan