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1970 · Ginza, Ginza, Japan

Nakagin Capsule Tower image

Former building in Ginza, Tokyo

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Nakagin Capsule Tower

Ginza, Ginza, Japan · Exact work coordinates

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Former building in Ginza, Tokyo

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Comparison

Field	Nakagin Capsule Tower 1970 · Ginza, Ginza, Japan	Luis Barragan 1945 · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Type	work	bureau
Year / years	1970	1945
Place	Ginza, Ginza, Japan	Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Place context	Ginza, Ginza, Japan	Representative site: Tacubaya, Tacubaya, Mexico
Climate	16°C · 13.3h daylight · 7 km/h wind	14°C · 12.7h daylight · 3 km/h wind · via Luis Barragán House and Studio
Focus	Housing	1 works in corpus
Architects	Kisho Kurokawa	Luis Barragan
Linked context	Bureaus Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates	Notable works Luis Barragán House and Studio
Typologies	housing tower office	museum house
Materials	Not recorded yet.	Not recorded yet.
Carbon signals	housing, tower, and office gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet. No dominant drivers yet.	museum and house gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet. No dominant drivers yet.
Lower-carbon levers	No levers surfaced yet.	No levers surfaced yet.
Accessibility	Access not recorded	1 of 1 recorded works are publicly accessible
Related books	No linked books yet.	No linked books yet.