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050	0	0	_aNA1555.5.M57 _bN95 2018
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100	1		_aNyilas, Agnes, _d1973- _930662
245	1	0	_aBeyond utopia : _bJapanese Metabolism architecture and the birth of mythopia / _cAgnes Nyilas.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, _cc2018.
300			_axxiv, 214 pages : _billustrations, plans ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
520	8		_aMegastructure proposals by the Japanese Metabolism group are commonly identified with the concept of utopia. Beyond this partial understanding, the author suggests that rather than being merely utopian, the Megastructure of Metabolism represents a uniquely amalgam genre: the myth camouflaged as utopia. Although its Megastructure seemingly describes a desirable future condition as utopia does, it also comprises certain cultural images rooted in the collective (un)conscious of Japanese people, in accordance with the general interpretation of myth. The primary narrative of the book thus follows the gradual unfolding of the myth-like characteristics of its Megastructure. Myth is dealt here as an interdisciplinary subject in line with contemporary myth theories. After expounding the mechanism underlying the growing demand for a new myth in architecture (the origin of the myth), Part I discovers the formal characteristics of the Megastructure of Metabolism to give a hint of the real intention behind it. Based on this, Part II is a reexamination of their design methods, which aims to clarify the function of the myth and to suggest the meaning behind it. Finally, Part III deals with the subject matter of the myth by disclosing the meaning unfolding in the story, and suggests a new reading of Metabolism's urban theory: as an attempt to reconsider the traditional Japanese space concept.
526			_aARC
650		0	_aMetabolism in architecture (Movement) _930663
650		0	_aMegastructures _zJapan. _930664
650		0	_aVisionary architecture _zJapan. _930665
650		7	_aArchitects. _2fast _930666
650		7	_aArchitecture. _2fast _930667
650		7	_aMegastructures. _2fast _930668
650		7	_aMetabolism in architecture (Movement) _2fast _930663
651		7	_aJapan. _2fast _930669
852			_aAyesha Abed Library _cGeneral Stacks
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