The Precious Jewel – The Shiratori Plan: “New Version, March 1993 (sent to Joyce at OUP)”

Scientific Research

The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Participation of Users

In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...

Correspondence

The Precious Jewel: Letter discussing possible publication of book in English and Japanese; working draft attached 17/03/1993

Publication, Book Publication, Request for Feedback

Sender:

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

Recipient:

Joyce Berry, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

Medium:

Letter
The Shiratori Plan: Updating Christopher Alexander on his meeting with top officials in the Ministry of Education in Tokyo that could possibly lead to a more favorable attitude by the ministry towards the new school they have been thinking about. Also, he is expressing his thoughts and suggestions on the book title and contents relating to the Shiratori Plan project, which would help the involved families to fully understand its advantages and therefore offer a strong support to materialize it 13/06/1990

Project, Status of Project, Informative

Sender:

Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax
The Shiratori Plan: Discussing various thoughts and ideas about how to approach verbiage changes in the chapters' contents, moving certain parts to other areas etc. Discussion and suggestions are made about the contents relating to Kodan and the responsibilities of the national housing agency regarding the wishes of the Japanese people 16/06/1990

Project, Status of Project, Informative

Sender:

Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax
The Shiratori Plan: A follow up letter discussing the details and process for how to interview families. Examples of questions and interview set up is discussed 16/06/1990

Project, Status of Project, Informative

Sender:

Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax
The Shiratori Plan: The premise of this letter is to facilitate a way to utilize the time and energy in the project by focusing on the importance of the precious treasure as its main purpose. Time is spent in the letter trying to help Christopher understand how the politics of Japanese leaders could hinder the success of the message they are trying to convey 22/05/1981

Project, Status of Project, Informative

Sender:

Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax

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Manuscripts

Records

The Shiratori Plan - Low Rise High Density Plan: Table of Contents 14/06/1990

Publication, Book Publication, Notes

Authors:

Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project , Musashino City, Tokyo , Japan

2-page handwritten table of contents that contains a basic outline to six chapters and also an introduction and a conclusion titled “Ending: Our Proposal”. Chapters included: 1) The Wish of the Japanese People as essence of the Human Heart; 2) ...