Correspondence

The Shiratori Plan: Transmitting an article written about the lecture given by Christopher Alexander in Nagoya, and expressing his concerns on the issues detected about the article and its final contents

04/06/1990

Planning of Works, Proposal Brief

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

Content of

Project

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 ...

References

Manuscripts

The Precious Jewel - The Shiratori Plan: True Houses for the People of Japan. A revolution in the Heart and the Fundamental Change in Architecture, Banking and Technology 01/01/1990

Project, Project Report Draft, Partial Manuscript

Authors:

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

A 15-page early draft containing the title pages, table of contents and a chapter on The Essence of the Human Heart.