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 gave the principal address on “The City of the 21st Century: Its Wholeness and Life – and the Process of its Creation”, on November 16, a 120 minutes speech.

Organized by:

City of Nagoya and Japan Institute of Architects

Contents

Correspondence

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

Sender:

Shozo Uchii, Japan Institute of Architects, Tokyo, Japan

Recipient:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure , Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter

Records

21st Century Urban Design Convention "Design of Cities and Environments": The City of the 21st Century - Its Wholeness and Life and the Process of its Creation. Includes two complimentary versions; "Working Version 1 - A Kind of Constitution for the City of the 21st Century" and "Working Version 2 - Trying to Get the Organization of the Speech" 17/11/1989

Event Document, Speech Manuscript

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

14-page outline of the speech with notes, given at the 21st Century Urban Design Convention “Design of Cities and Environments,” celebrating the 100th birthday of the modern city of Nagoya, Japan; also a 16-page slightly different version of the speech ...

References

Articles

Records

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

Project, Administrative, Minutes of Meeting

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mr. Tokio Kamiya, City of Nagoya and Nagoya Forum for Living Environment, Urban Improvement Project , Nagoya, Japan

35-page document recording the daily discussion with Christopher Alexander. He had been invited to see and was asked his opinion on the use of the former design exposition site in the city’s Shiratori district. Discussions took place from 30-Jul-1989 to ...