True Houses for the People of Japan – A Revolution in the Heart and the Fundamental Change in Architecture, Banking and Technology

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 ...

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 ...

Two draft copies of manuscript discussing the need for a high density, low rise solution to the housing crisis in Japan. Speaks to post war shifts in the direction of architectural solutions to housing and the response by the Japanese ...

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 ...