中銀カプセルタワービルのカプセル・リノベーション事例

抄録

Nakagin Capsule Tower is a famous piece of Japanese architecture and an iconic representative of the architectural style named “capsule architecture”. The building consists of 140 independent capsules which became dilapidated through time and due to financial issues became difficult to renovate or replace them at once. However, the old capsules can be renovated one by one what shows the unique and more flexible approach possible for capsule architecture. This article traces the history of renovation of one of the capsules and the development of the new rental system called “monthly capsule”.