Nagoya Forum for Living Environment: Keynote speech by Christopher Alexander

26/05/1990

Proceedings

Proceedings of the 1st Seminar on Living Environment, published by Nagoya Living Environment Conference. It icludes Christopher Alexander’s keynote speech titled “High or Low”, deliverd during the event; it presented the Shiratori Plan, and focused on the advantages and qualities of space achieved when high-rise structures are replaced with low-rise buildings, while maintaining similar density of population per hectare.

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Public Event 1 Items

Nagoya Forum for Living Environment 26/05/1990

Nagoya, Japan

Conference, Professional Event

Christopher Alexander was invited to give the keynote speech; his speech titled “Low or High” was on the Shiratori plan, a housing project in Nagoya in which the required density was achieved with low-rise instead of high-rise buildings.

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 ...