Metabolist
Noun
Meaning
Metabolist (plural Metabolists)
An individual involved in the Metabolism architectural movement.
Examples
Although his Marine City proposals (submitted by Tange at CIAM) were not realised, his Miyakonojo City Hall (1966) was a more Metabolist example of Tange's own Nichinan Cultural Centre (1962).
As Koolhaas himself has acknowledged, this approach had already been evident in the Japanese Metabolist Movement in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Frampton (1990), p. 282 The Metabolist movement gave momentum to Kikutake's career.
Stewart (1987), p. 216 Although the Osaka Expo had marked a decline in the Metabolist movement, it resulted in a "handing over" of the reigns to a younger generation of architects such as Kazuo Shinohara and Arata Isozaki.
The Metabolist movement grew out of discussions with other members of the conference.