Nakagin Capsule Tower – Miniature Concrete Model

Nakagin Capsule Tower – Miniature Concrete ModelModel 039_Nakagin Capsule Tower Miniature Concrete ModelHand cast in fine concrete. Shaped by memory. Some buildings feel like they were built for the future, and then the future moved on without them. The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972, was the flagship of the Metabolist movement. Its twin concrete towers were fitted with 140 detachable living capsules, each with its own round window. It was radical,

laboratories

Some buildings come to define an entire skyline

one of the UK’s most iconic Brutalist landmarks

It carries the tension

hand assembled 3D perspective artwork portraying Alpha Tower designed by George Marsh of Seifert and Partners

Perfect for art and architecture lovers to celebrate this Wolverhampton brutalist great

I worked and reworked it until it held the same stillness the real building has

Category A listedBrief Overview:The Netherdale Main Stand was designed by Peter Womersley for Gala Fairydean Rovers FC

asbestos and increasing levels of crime

worked or stayed at Murray Edwards

and TV shows like Dr Who

part of the larger development including 1 Kemble Street