International Conference “Doors of Perception II”

04/11/1994 to 06/11/1994

RAI Congress Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Conference, Professional Event

The conference was about culture, context and innovation. Its main subject was formulated as “major leaps only happen when someone has a new insight into the larger picture, and can escape from the old context”. Christopher Alexander gave the Keynote speech.

Organized by:

Netherlands Design Institute and Mediamatic Magazin

Contents

Correspondence

Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Expression of joy that Christopher Alexander intends to participate in the conference; outline and conference program is included, along with request for Curriculum Vitae and a few lines on the "HOME" theme 29/08/1994

Event Information, Event Program, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Jorinde Seydel, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Fax
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Christopher Alexander acceptance to travel to, and speak at the Amsterdam conference; travel requirements and an invoice for the airfare are included 29/09/1994

Event Invitation, Response to Request

Sender:

Katalin Bende, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Recipient:

Helen Vreedeveld, Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Medium:

Fax
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Call for Papers; "Convergence", the Journal of Research into New Media Technologies is requesting Christopher Alexander's response 12/09/1994

Event Planning, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Alexis Weedon, University of Luton, School of Media Arts, Luton, U.K.

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Invitation to visit the Eindhoven University of Technology, give a colloquium and consult with them on their research on adaptable building and user-orientation of gerontechnology; Gerontechnology Colloquia is attached 12/09/1994

Event Planning, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Jan Rietsema, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Personal and Important; expression of delight that Christopher Alexander will speak at the Doors of Perception Conference. Information about the program and the organizational details including travel arrangements 26/09/1994

Event Information, Event Program

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Understanding that travel arrangements have already been made, and request for reimbursement instructions. Hotel reservation information included as well as an urging to response to previously sent list of questions 30/09/1994

Event Planning, Travel Arrangement

Sender:

Helen Vreedeveld, Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter
Netherland Design Institute, Doors of Perception: Invitation to the Design Institute for a special private viewing of the Tosho Iwai exhibition and other events during the conference; request for response 19/10/1994

Event Planning, Request for Feedback

Sender:

Helen Vreedeveld, Netherlands Design Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Recipient:

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

Medium:

Letter

SEE ALL Correspondence

Records

International Conference "Doors of Perception II": Speech transcript titled "Domestic Architecture" 04/11/1994

Event Document, Speech Manuscript

Authors:

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

9-page typed up speech given by Christopher Alexander at the RAI Congress Center in the Netherlands. It speaks of the sense of belonging in building, and having user experiences drive the design.