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Tokyo International Forum: Conference Center for City of Tokyo
1989Invited 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. The requested total floor area was 1,400,000 square feet.
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Responding to an invitation to participate in the International Design Competition for the Tokyo International Forum, requesting information for having a direct communication
16/01/1989
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Responding to the request for contact information with the person forwarding the invitation to participate in the International Design Competition for the Tokyo International Forum. Explanations are given as to why the invitation was sent
20/01/1989
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Sketches
9 5th pencil sketch
01/01/1989
Four ink and nine pencil early perspective sketches, all showing the same corner and sides of the building complex exterior and investigating the articulation of volumes, walls and details.
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Presentation Drawings - Site plan
2 2) Original pencil hardline drawing on vellum
01/01/1989
Drawing sheet with the site plan of building complex, in two versions.
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Presentation Drawings - Floor plans
4 4) Original pencil hardline drawings on vellum of the 5th & 8th minor floors and 6th & 7th principal floors
01/01/1989
Drawing sheets with the floor plans of the eight floors of the building complex, in two versions. .
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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
1 1) Final proposal brief
01/01/1989
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 ...
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Government Area
01/01/1989
Two pages with two versions of an axonometric aerial image of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government area; they refer to the surrounding conditions of the new building. The first image includes the old City Hall, while in the second the building ...
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Tokyo International Forum - Conference Center for the City of Tokyo: Tables with area requirements
01/01/1989
One two-sided document including on one side the English version with all the project requirements regarding areas and material schedule to be considered. The second side includes the version in Japanese.
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Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of project model included in the competition submission
3 3rd view
01/04/1989
Three views of the project model made out of wood and cardboard, which was included in the design competition entry.
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Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of sketches
01/02/1989
First sketch by Christopher Alexander.
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Tokyo International Forum: Document on project summary and essentials of the design concept, included in the competition submission - Photographs
6 6) Area Schedule and Finish Schedule
01/04/1989
Photographs of the 6-page document on the design principles of the project, including four sections.
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References
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Emergence of Geometric Order in Building Structure
Focusing primarily on the pure beauty of the geometric order, which comes, above all, from the building structure (columns, walls, beams, vaults and so forth), specifically from the aperiodic grids which form the abstract underpinning of the building structure.
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Unfolding of Wholeness in Large Buildings by Successive Transformations of the Space
Large building are not easy to design and keep the feeling of intimay in them. The way a large building can be given this quality is by succeeding in the creation of living centers throughout its fabric. The profusion and ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
2002
“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Three - A Vision of a Living World
2005
“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...