-Overview



Infrastructure has played a key role in reformatting the built fabric of many cities around the world with in the last century, and will continue to do so in the future. Infrastructure as an architecture has been a territory for architectural exploration since the early twentieth century. Many European and American urbanists and architects envisioned interwoven architecture and transportation infrastructure such as Le curbusier's 1931 Fort l'Empereur project, KenzoTange's 1960 "Plan for Tokyo Bay", Paul Rudolph's 1961 Lower Manhattan Expressway and many other projects done by the Metabolism movement. **﻿**