Tokyo: The Creative Use of Small Space | Visions for Megacities (Episode 1)

Tokyo is the Global City No. 1, a metropolis with the most inhabitants, the highest property prices and one of the most densely built cities in the world. This city is like a macrocosm, a world of its own: fast, incredibly efficient, admirably disciplined.
This is why the architecture of the smallest space was invented here: How little space does a human being manage with?
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There is a whole school of architecture that deals with small and smallest living units. In Europe, it is hard to imagine spending years of your life in flats of less than 20 square metres. So the so-called "small scale flats" are not just a form of art, they are a cultural phenomenon. The architects Osamu Nishida, Hitoshi Wakamatsu, Sou Fujimoto, Mitsuhiko Sato and Satoku Shinohara are the stars of this new form of architecture, which is both functional and aesthetic.
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Urbanization and megacities are comparable to major natural phenomena. It’s all about contributing and rising to the crucial challenges of the here and now. This 4-part series on the new architecture in the Asian region is about concepts of a new city, necessary, unavoidable and existentially urgent due to the migration of millions of people to Asian cities. It is about answers to the question: How do we want to live in the 21st century? This voyage of discovery through Asian cities in search of answers to the existential questions for civilisation in the 21st century takes us to Japan and China.
Original Title: Visions for Megacities - The Asian Experiment
A film by Michael Trabitzsch
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An enjoyable little documentary😺