Photograph

Tokyo International Forum: Document on project summary and essentials of the design concept, included in the competition submission – Photographs

01/04/1989

Design Process

Photographs of the 6-page document on the design principles of the project, including four sections.

Photograph:

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Project 1 Items

Tokyo International Forum: Conference Center for City of Tokyo 1989

3-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Civic, Designed, Invited Competition, Not built

Client:

Tokyo International Forum Project Office, Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Gary Black, Annie der Bedrossian

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $750,000,000

Project stages:

Preliminary Design drawings Construction innovation methods

Invited design competition entry for a complex of conference halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, and other public facilities at a central site in downtown Tokyo, occupied by the City Hall, which was to be razed to make way for this project. ...

References

Records 1 Items

Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Summary of project concept and design submitted for the Design Competition with entry number 042 01/01/1989

Project, Design Matters, Proposal Brief

Authors:

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

Digitized

6-page proposal brief presenting the essential points of the design, the structure and engineering with their special technical characteristics, and a special mention on disaster prevention. The headlines are: Essential Points of the Design, Structure and Engineering, Disaster Prevention, Area ...