Nagakin Capsule Tower 'Pod Living' A Failure

Posted by: Brenda Meyer

13 September 2005 - 1:00pm

One of Tokyo's most famous examples of 'pod living' is on the chopping block for demolition.

"Inhabitants of the seminal and internationally celebrated Nagakin Capsule Tower in the upmarket Ginza district of Tokyo want it to be torn down and a new building erected. Their campaign pits the reality of life in a capsule measuring 4m by 2.5m against a designer's futuristic idealism."

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Full Story: Tokyo tower may be torn down as pod living palls

Source: The Independent, September 13, 2005

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