The Spacebox is a self contained studio. A capsule that can be plugged into a steel frame and connected to electricity, data and sewerage brought to you by De Vijf.
Each studio, I am told, comprises of a small kitchen, bathroom, living space. Cool, lets check it out:
What? That’s the interior? Of a capsule? Dude, let me show you how real capsule interiors look:
For real. They come with integrated hi-fidelity tape decks and calculators I will have you know. They have top shelves stocked with Johnny Walker and other top shelf gear and they have portholes. AND THEY DO NOT STAND FOR WROUGHT IRON CANDLESTICKS. I mean, really. I know you’re Dutch and all like ‘hey let’s stick in a cheap chandelier’ but just cut it out. okay?
And everyone knows that all good capsule towers are not stacked evenly in a row, but randomly, like half complete games of Jenga:
And they want to want to tear it down?
October 27th, 2005 at 1:43 am
It’s the integrated calculator that does it.
In fact, if this flat I’m in now had a calculator embedded in it… The fun would probably be too much for me. (How ’bout an integrated meat-roasting thermometer…? Is that in the next model…? Self-cleansing).
May 10th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
[…] The Nagakin Capsule Building in Tokyo looks set to be demolished. Apparently Kurokawa submitted a proposal which was dismissed whereby the existing capsules would be removed and updated capsules - presumably sans reel-to-reel tape decks - reattached to the core. The proposal was dismissed in favour of knocking the whole thing down and starting again in order to add 60% more floor space. Previous Capsule madness on g-mor. […]
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 am
Hi there,
I really had to laugh when I read your comment. I designed Spacebox in 2003, and of course I also liked the interior of Nagakin Tower. Only thing is: times change, and so do requirements and regulations. In Tokio there night still be a chance to sell Nagakin capsules (why are they empty anyway?), but not in the Netherlands. It also was not my intention to build capsule towers (and who decides that a good capsule tower is stacked randomly?), but an affordable solution for the huge student housing problem here. Until now, 950 less students waiting for a room. How about that? Mart