{"id":39,"date":"2012-10-15T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T10:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benbansal.me\/?p=39"},"modified":"2013-09-11T19:06:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:06:17","slug":"nagakin-capsule-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Nakagin Capsule Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nakagin_Capsule_Tower\">Nakagin Capsule Tower<\/a>\u00a0is probably one of Tokyo&#8217;s oddest architectural sights. As an amazing example of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metabolism_(architecture)\">metabolism<\/a>,\u00a0it stands out on an inner-city highway near Shimbashi. The house is made of capsules, each measuring 2.3 x 3.8 metres. They form stand-alone living units, replete with inbuilt kitchens and aircraft-size toilets.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhat unsurprising given that no major refurbishment has taken place since it has been built in the early 70s, the residents are keen on demolishing the whole place and replacing it with something more spacious and less asbestos-ridden. Architecture buffs are up in arms, needless to say. But more likely than not, the tower won&#8217;t be standing in this space near expensive Ginza much longer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"nagakin3\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin3.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin4.jpg\"><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35\" title=\"nagakin1\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin1.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin1.jpg 648w, https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin1-580x433.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36\" title=\"nagakin2\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin2.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"648\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"nagakin4\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/nagakin4.jpg\" width=\"648\" height=\"484\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nakagin Capsule Tower\u00a0is probably one of Tokyo&#8217;s oddest architectural sights. As an amazing example of metabolism,\u00a0it stands out on an inner-city highway near Shimbashi. The house is made of capsules, each measuring 2.3 x 3.8 metres. They form stand-alone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/?p=39\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-tokyo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benbansal.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}