The Nakagin Capsule Tower is characterized by the Japanese ideology of being simultaneously forever old and constantly new. This is made possible by the residential boxes being designed for interchanging. The metabolism structure is built with the concept that every 25 years, the off-site constructed units will be replaced for the sake of technology and customization- like a human from young to old must update themself to survive while still honoring their true form. Meanwhile, the two towers are always constant. Like a tree trunk, they are the uniform base to the ever changing capsules, connected and disconnected like lego blocks attached as branches. The building is never settled in its way but is never devoid of its tradition, allowing for the old and the new to exist in harmony alongside each other. Like a child and an adult both constructing the building in their own ever changing demands and consistent needs- together. The hand of an adult with a capsule in their image and the hand of a child carrying the unit of their desires cohesively put the blocks in a dance between the old and new. The hands blur the image of what is being placed and what is being replaced as both old and new is forever there and forever changed. The circular windows of the blocks carry an insight into each capsule individually existing as a unique story for its inhabitants while simultaneously being identical to the units that neighbor it, the units that came before it, and the units that will replace it in the future. The impermanence of the capsules assures the permanence of the building and its legacy. Each capsule is a space for customization and modernist needs while forever honoring the constant and traditional.