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Nagakin still endangered
The Nagakin Tower in Tokyo is even more endangered than it usually is. Residents want it replaced and Kisho Kurakawa is no longer about to defend it. The recession is the only thing holding back redevelopment, according to the NYT .
It looked beautiful from a distance but a right mess up close when I saw it in 1997, hate to think what it looks like now.
The NYT: “When I visited several weeks ago, it was pouring rain. Corridors smelled of mildew. Some tenants had taped plastic bags to their door frames to catch leaks, and many of them were bulging with gray water. At one point a tenant took me up to a bridge that connected the two towers, where I could see chunks of concrete breaking off from the corner of one of the capsules. Nothing short of a full-scale restoration would save it.”
Via Planetizen
Posted by Peter on 10.07.09 in buildings
tags: kisho kurokawa, metabolism
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Dang. Apparently the Nagakin was demolished a year or two ago. Inconsolable.
by peter on 19/07/12 ·#
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