The intimate scale of the Shiratori plan is consistent with the deep feeling of Japanese people for small, precious things.

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• The cost of construction of the Shiratori plan is the same or lower than costs of present-day high-rise housing.claim0.782
  Economic feasibility claim countering common assumptions.
• The present government plan for the Shiratori area is an environment with 14-story apartments, a huge shopping center and a huge parking area. It is typical of today's trend. What do you think of it?question0.766
  Initial question posed to residents in the survey.
• The great beauty of Japan, in traditional times, came from an understanding that human life is most beautiful, when many things are a little small.quote0.741
  Alexander's aesthetic principle explaining the appeal of the intimate scale.
• Shiratori apartment has 24 linear meters of daylight-facing wall vs 6 m in typical high-risefinding0.737
  Daylight performance comparison based on apartment geometry.
• Exquisite feelings are visible in this small world where public and private touch each other everywhere.claim0.727
  Observes that the interlock geometry directly produces visible emotional quality
• In conventional high-rise housing at 200/ha, not one family has their own garden; in Shiratori every family does.claim0.720
  Comparative claim about equitable access to private outdoor space.
• Five-story apartment building in Tokyo complements site wholeness through 50 structure-preserving steps that accentuate Y-configuration, positive space, levels of scale, and sunny southern orientation.finding0.714
  Architectural example of harmony-seeking computation as iterative process where each design step strengthens latent structural features of the site.
• 100% of floor area in Shiratori apartment within 3 m of a window vs ~25% in typical high-risefinding0.710
  Daylight coverage comparison.