NEXT21 - an experiment
With the aim of creating an energy-efficient, green, social and flexible urban living environment fit for the challenges of the 21st century and its demands, Osaka Gas commissioned the experimental residential complex `NEXT21` in Osaka in 1989 (completed in 1993).
15 years into its existence and after three consecutive five-year cycles of ongoing inhabitation experimentation, this half-hour documentary `NEXT21 - an experiment` looks back on the context and conditions of its visionary and pioneering multi-disciplinary design process.
Interviews with the architects and engineers, inhabitants and Dutch architect John Habraken as commentator.
DVD-5 PAL, 16:9, 30 minutes, © 2009 x!mage
languages: Japanese, Dutch, subtitles: English
Euro 12,50
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