Started by Tomás Rinaldi (@tomas_rinaldi) ·
Japanese houses lose all their value in ~20 years
Houses are treated more like cars than investments. Earthquake codes keep changing, so new is assumed safer. Ended up mourning the Capsule Tower (demolished 2022).
5 sources · 41 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- Why are houses in Japan torn down so often?
- Ended at
- Kisho Kurokawa
The Trail
- “why do japanese houses depreciate” (google.com)
- Housing in Japan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Nakagin Capsule Tower (en.wikipedia.org)
- Metabolism (architecture) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Kisho Kurokawa (en.wikipedia.org)
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