Article

Low-Rise High-Density Housing in Nagoya – Lead Editorial

23/03/1990

Article

Authors:

Christopher Alexander

Published in:

Asahi Shimbun

Publisher:

The Japan Times Ltd., Osaka, Japan

Language:

Japanese

Contents

Records

"Low-Rise High-Density Housing in Nagoya" Lead Editorial: Original text of article 23/03/1990

Article Publication, Original Text

Authors:

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

Original text of the same title article published in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper.

References

Projects

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

Nagoya, Japan

Neighborhood Planning, Designed , Not built

Client:

City of Nagoya and Nagoya Forum for Living Environment - Mr. Tokio Kamiya, Director of Urban Improvement Project

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Miyoko Tsutsui

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $45,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design stage completed

The Shiratori Plan in Nagoya asked for an integrated neighborhood for 500 families, at a 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 of ...

Public Events

21st Century Urban Design Convention "Design of Cities and Environments" 16/11/1989 to 17/11/1989

Nagoya, Japan

Conference, Professional Event

Organized by:

City of Nagoya and Japan Institute of Architects

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 ...

Records

Review of HRH The Prince of Wales "A Vision of Britain - A Personal View of Architecture": Original text of article 01/01/1990

Publication, Article Publication, Original Text

Authors:

Sim Van der Ryn, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Original text of the article reviewing His Royal Highness – Prince Charles’s book “A Vision of Britain – A Personal View of Architecture” for CoEvolution Quarterly .