50 Years of Nakagin Capsule Tower

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<h3>Summary</h3><p>Rebuild or create your own configuration of the Nakagin Capsule Tower today and celebrate its 50th birthday!</p><p>This design is a 1:200 scale model representation of the famous Nakagin Capsule Tower (中銀カプセルタワー) found in Tokyo, designed by Kisho Kurokawa (1934-2007).</p><p>The structure is well known for the modular nature of the building's 140 prefabricated capsules attached to two cores, which housed salarymen during the weekdays.&nbsp;</p><p>This Tokyo icon faces threats of demolition and the future of the building and its capsules is uncertain. However, with this model you can still daydream about a Metabolist future that never came to be.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Print Settings</h3><figure class="table"><table style="border-color:#65C900;border-style:solid;"><tbody><tr><td>Printer brand</td><td>Creality</td></tr><tr><td>Printer</td><td>Ender 3</td></tr><tr><td>Rafts</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Supports</td><td>Variable</td></tr><tr><td>Resolution</td><td>0.1</td></tr><tr><td>Infill</td><td>10%</td></tr><tr><td>Filament brand</td><td>HotOrange3D</td></tr><tr><td>Filament color</td><td>Black and White</td></tr><tr><td>Filament material</td><td>PLA</td></tr></tbody></table></figure><p>Notes:</p><p>-All files are intended to be printed in the provided orientation.<br>-The files are scaled as to provide a 1:200 model. This means downsizing the files might render it unusable because of the tight tolerances.<br>-The files are tested at 0.1 layer height as to provide the cleanest model. This means using different settings might render it unusable because of the tight tolerances.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>Files to Print</h3><h5>RetailAndOffice (1x)</h5><p>-No support needed<br>-Brim to prevent warping</p><p><i>The ground floor of the building consists of retail space, as well as the main entrance and lobby of the residential units. On the first floor office space is found.</i></p><h5>Tower1 (1x)</h5><p>-No support<br>-Benefits from a brim in order to stabilize the print<br>-Postprocessing required to make sure all holes are fully accessible by the hinged capsules in case of bad bridging</p><p><i>The two concrete cores contain the vertical transport for the attatched capsules.&nbsp;</i></p><h5>Tower2 (1x)</h5><p>-No support<br>-Benefits from a brim in order to stabilize the print<br>-Postprocessing required to make sure all holes are fully accessible by the hinged capsules in case of bad bridging</p><h5>WaterTower (1x)</h5><p>-Support needed</p><h5>MechanicalFloor (1x)</h5><p>-No support needed</p><h5>FireExit_NoHinge (3x)</h5><p>-Support needed for the knob</p><p><i>Three bridges between the two cores improve the building's fire safety.</i></p><h5>Type_A1_29 (29x)</h5><p>-This and the following capsule types need support for the hinge</p><h5>Type_A2_26 (26x)</h5><h5>Type_B1_18 (18x)</h5><h5>Type_C1_24 (24x)</h5><h5>Type_C2_31 (31x)</h5><h5>Type_D1_12 (12x)</h5>