Kiyonori Kikutake: From Tradition to Utopia

Kiyonori Kikutake's personal vision of building and design has left its mark on the history of architecture worldwide, ever since he relaunched a utopian concept of architecture, as a member of the Metabolist Movement, with his marine city project. Indeed, his vision actually projects beyond this century: his latest constructions, and above all his most recent projects, show the way for the architects of the future, even though he has basically remained faithful to the underlying principles that inspired his earliest work.