The Precious Jewel – The Shiratori Plan

01/01/1991

Project Report Draft

167-page manuscript of the “old version” of the Precious Jewel report, organized in seven chapters after a concise Introduction. The manuscript contains handwritten editing notes by Alexander. It addresses the crisis in high-rising living environment in Japan, as manifested in the architecture of developers in the 1980’s & 90’s and the true feelings of the Japanese people about this, and proposes a new plan with low rise buildings keeping the same density. .

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Tokyo, Japan

Content of

Project 1 Items

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 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 ...

References

Correspondence 1 Items

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

Manuscripts 2 Items

Reports 1 Items

The Precious Jewel - The Shiratori Plan: "New Version, March 1993" 01/03/1993

Project, Project Report

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hisae Hosoi, Center for Eishin Project, Tokyo, Japan

188-page document with eight chapters, focused on the crisis in the Japanese Democracy as it is reflected in the practice of architecture and the fictitious idea that high-rise buildings are inevitable. The Shiratori Plan was presented as the answer against ...