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1. metabolism
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2. Metabolism (post-war architectural movement in Japan)Architecture
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3. Metabolism (architecture)In the late 1950s, a small group of young Japanese architects and designers joined forces under the title "Metabolism". Their vision for cities of the future inhabited by a mass society were characterized by large scale, flexible and expandable structures that evoked the processes of organic growth. In their view, the traditional laws of fixed form and function were obsolete.
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