Metabolism, which spread from Japan in the 1960s, was based on the revolutionary concept of cities made to metabolize through the replacement of components in the same way as a machine. The face of Tokyo has greatly changed in the fifty years that followed, but more than anything, those changes tell of the steady progress of the concept of metabolism. In today's Tokyo, people and spaces are becoming increasingly isolated, but architects are suggesting new solutions for forms of housing that can reestablish relationships. This exhibition focuses on the work of architects Atelier Bow-Wow (TSUKAMOTO Yoshiharu and KAIJIMA Momoyo) and NISHIZAWA Ryue, together with Venice Biennale Japanese Pavilion commissioner KITAYAMA Koh, fabricating half-size models of the actual architecture to provide a physical scale in an attempt to reveal Tokyo's distinctive urban image that is centred on daily life.