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Nakagin Capsule Tower
中銀カプセルタワービル
6-10, 8 Ginza, Chuo-ku
Tokyo Japan
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1970 | | Finished | 1972 | | Floor Count | 13 | | Basement Floors | 1 | | Floor Area | 3,091 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - hotel | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - concrete core | | Architectural Style | | - brutalist | | Materials | | - steel | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 154 ft | | | | | Measured from drawings and information on capsule dimensions | | |
Description
This Metabolist building consists of a service core, with guest room capsules plugged into the side. The capsules are a couple of cubic meters each and contain a efficiently designed room inspired by spacecraft living quarters.
Capsule hotels, while popular in Japan for their low cost, have not caught on anywhere else.
Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
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Drawing by A Twu
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