21st Century Urban Design Convention “Design of Cities and Environments”

16/11/1989 to 17/11/1989

Nagoya, Japan

Conference, Professional Event

The convention celebrated the 100th birthday of the modern city of Nagoya. Christopher Alexander was invited to give the principal address; on November 16, he delivered a 120-minute speech on “The City of the 21st Century: Its Wholeness and Life – and the Process of its Creation”. At the same time he was invited b city officials to visit a housing site on the edge of the city where there were plans to build 550 units at an overall density of 185 units per ha., and was asked to prepare a proposal for implementation.

Contents

Correspondence 1 Items

The 21st Century Urban Design Seminar: Request to provide permission to publish Alexander's lecture from "The 21st Century Urban Design Seminar" held in Nagoya on November 1989 15/08/1990

Post-event Communication, Publication of Lecture

Records 1 Items

21st Century Urban Design Convention "Design of Cities and Environments": Two complimentary versions of the speech, delivered on the celebration of the 100th birthday of the modern city of Nagoya in Japan 17/11/1989

Event Document, Speech Manuscript

14-page outline of the speech titled “The City of the 21st Century – Its Wholeness and Life and the Process of its Creation” which includes “Working Version 1 – A Kind of Constitution for the City of the 21st Century” ...

References

Projects 1 Items

Shiratori Plan - Low-Rise High-Density Housing 1990 to 1991

Nagoya, Japan

Neighborhood Planning, Designed , Not built

The Shiratori Plan in Nagoya asked for an integrated neighborhood for 550 families at an overall density of 80 families per acre, on a 6.24 acres site, with an average area of 72 square meters per unit and total area ...

Articles 4 Items

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Records 1 Items

The Shiratori Plan - Low Rise High Density Plans: Initial Discussions 30/07/1989

Project, Administrative, Minutes of Meeting

35-page document recording the daily discussions which took place from 30-Jul-1989 to 03-Aug-1989 between Mr. Tokio Kamiya, Director of Urban Improvement Projects and Christopher Alexander. Alexander had been invited to visit the project site, a former exhibition area in the ...