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
01/01/1990A 15-page early draft containing the title pages, table of contents and a chapter on The Essence of the Human Heart.
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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
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The Shiratori Plan: Updating Christopher Alexander on his meeting with top officials in the Ministry of Education in Tokyo that could possibly lead to a more favorable attitude by the ministry towards the new school they have been thinking about. Also, he is expressing his thoughts and suggestions on the book title and contents relating to the Shiratori Plan project, which would help the involved families to fully understand its advantages and therefore offer a strong support to materialize it
13/06/1990
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The Shiratori Plan: Discussing various thoughts and ideas about how to approach verbiage changes in the chapters' contents, moving certain parts to other areas etc. Discussion and suggestions are made about the contents relating to Kodan and the responsibilities of the national housing agency regarding the wishes of the Japanese people
16/06/1990
SEE ALL Correspondence
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The Precious Jewel - The Shiratori Plan
01/01/1991
Named the “old version” of the Precious Jewel, 164 pages document of 7 chapters, with handwritten editing. Dealing with the crisis in the Japanese Democracy as depicted in the architecture of developers today and the true feelings of the Japanese ...
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Crisis in Japanese Democracy: The Shiratori Plan
01/01/1991
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 ...