Go BackThe Shiratori Plan – Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1990Two site plans which give an overview of the Shiratori housing with 500 apartments on 2.5 hectares. The second plan is an aerial perspective, in which lanes, gardens and small houses are portray the humane character of the place.
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The Uniqueness of People's Individual Worlds, Always Respected and Manifested
In the last two centuries "modular" design has produced identical apartments, arranged in typical apartment blocks. The same is true for mass-produced furniture. Uniqueness, which expresses personal needs and whiches, and which springs from the need to adapt and connect ...
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Participation of the Users in the Design Process - Testing and Applying Pattern Languages and Layout Rules
Christopher Alexander believed that people have a right to determine and shape their environment. The genuine and wholehearted involvement of the users in the shaping of their buildings contributes positively to good architecture. It gives life, identity and personal qualities ...
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Plan for Chikusadai - Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1992
Two photographs of the final proposal for the Hazama neighborhood site plan, made with the members of the community after discussion of the pattern language and the most important generic centers. A third drawing shows the overall scheme of the ...
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Plan for Chikusadai - Low-Rise High-Density Housing: Photographs of drawings
01/01/1992
Two photographs of elevations; the first along the street and the second facing the gardens where the site is sloping.