Detail of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, demolished in 2022. This photo is coincidentally similar to one taken by Noritaka Minami in 2010, but was taken seven years later. Many of the capsules have undergone additional deterioration since then, and netting was installed.‹›
Nakagin Capsule Tower

Kisho Kurokawa

Interior · Tokyo, Japan · 1970

Photo: Dllu · 2017-08-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 6626×4794

Detail of the Nakagin Capsule Tower, demolished in 2022. This photo is coincidentally similar to one taken by Noritaka Minami in 2010, but was taken seven years later. Many of the capsules have undergone additional deterioration since then, and netting was installed.

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