Le « Tokyo parallèle » des architectes japonais contemporains ou la fabrique figurée du futur de la métropole
This article examines the discourses, figures, narratives or imaginaries mobilized by Japanese architects to draw the future of Tokyo since the post-war reconstruction. The design and dissemination of large-scale projects reveals a quest for an overarching image for the capital in a space where this...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut français de recherche sur le Japon à la Maison franco-japonaise
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Ebisu: Études Japonaises |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ebisu/9224 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the discourses, figures, narratives or imaginaries mobilized by Japanese architects to draw the future of Tokyo since the post-war reconstruction. The design and dissemination of large-scale projects reveals a quest for an overarching image for the capital in a space where this is lacking. Depending on the time period and its dominant issues, these architects use fictions or scenarios derived from identifiable figures to create an original – if not always achievable – future vision for Tokyo. These figures – the island, the tower, the line, the village – are drawn in turn from internal or external, past or present urban representations or motifs, and applied to the territory to determine image and future in a concomitant and situated manner. |
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| ISSN: | 2189-1893 |