21st Century Urban Design Convention “Design of Cities and Environments”: Two complimentary versions of the speech, delivered on the celebration of the 100th birthday of the modern city of Nagoya in Japan

17/11/1989

Event Document, Speech Manuscript

14-page outline of the speech titled “The City of the 21st Century – Its Wholeness and Life and the Process of its Creation” which includes “Working Version 1 – A Kind of Constitution for the City of the 21st Century” and “Working Version 2 – Trying to Get the Organization of the Speech”. There is also a 16-page different version of the speech in a special text format with reference to the visual material to be presented and the main point to be highlighted.

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21st Century Urban Design Convention "Design of Cities and Environments" 16/11/1989 to 17/11/1989

Nagoya, Japan

Conference, Professional Event

The convention celebrated the 100th birthday of the modern city of Nagoya. Christopher Alexander was invited to give the principal address; on November 16, he delivered a 120-minute speech on “The City of the 21st Century: Its Wholeness and Life ...