Urbanity and Density

2017-06-01

Author : Wolfgang Sonne
Release : 2017-06-01
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Download or read book Urbanity and Density written by Wolfgang Sonne. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the writing of urban design history of the twentieth century, functionalist and avant-garde models of the dissolution of the city are dominating. In contrast this book presents projects whose goal is the ideal of a dense and urbane city. Drawing on plans, built examples and theories of dense and urban cities and city districts in the twentieth century, modern examples of urban design are analyzed and highlighted, which until now have been evaluated more as fringe phenomena. These include examples characterized by functional mixture, social openness, spatially defined public spaces, urbanarchitecture, historical reference and a cultural understanding of the city. The book's new evaluation of modern urbandesign history creates opportunities for current planning by offering bestpractice models, which better reflect the striving for urbanity and density.

Growing Compact

2017-07-06 Architecture

Author : Joo Hwa P. Bay
Release : 2017-07-06
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Growing Compact by : Joo Hwa P. Bay

Download or read book Growing Compact written by Joo Hwa P. Bay. This book was released on 2017-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing Compact: Urban Form, Density and Sustainability explores and unravels the phenomena, links and benefits between density, compactness and the sustainability of cities. It looks at the socio-climatic implications of density and takes a more holistic approach to sustainable urbanism by understanding the correlations between the social, economic and environmental dimensions of the city, and the challenges and opportunities with density. The book presents contributions from internationally well-known scholars, thinkers and practitioners whose theoretical and practical works address city planning, urban and architectural design for density and sustainability at various levels, including challenges in building resilience against climate change and natural disasters, capacity and integration for growth and adaptability, ageing, community and security, vegetation, food production, compact resource systems and regeneration.

Urban Intensities

2014-08-20 Architecture

Author : Peter G. Rowe
Release : 2014-08-20
Genre : Architecture
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Download or read book Urban Intensities written by Peter G. Rowe. This book was released on 2014-08-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity and density in housing today Accomodation of diversity and the creation of urban density are a focus of world-wide building and planning activities today. This book combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that it is a specific quality, urban intensity, which determines the success of housing. The authors provide a typology of housing according to the ways in which diversity and density are created. Comparisons with historical models and critical appraisals based on the authors’ unique standing give ample information on the pros and cons of major types of housing, their pitfalls and successful examples. Newly created sets of drawings, from floor plans to spectacular 3D aerial views of the buildings in their urban contexts, accompany each of the more than twenty case studies that are described and analyzed in detail. The approach taken here relates to many pressing issues in contemporary housing, including the avoidance of urban sprawl, the revival of city centers and the ongoing search for innovative housing types. A qualitative approach to diversity and density in housing A concept that unites architectural and urban design A wide range of original drawings of benchmark case studies

Community Design and the Culture of Cities

1990-11-30 Architecture

Author : Eduardo E. Lozano
Release : 1990-11-30
Genre : Architecture
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Download or read book Community Design and the Culture of Cities written by Eduardo E. Lozano. This book was released on 1990-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having perceived a widespread failure of most community-scale plans, Eduardo Lozano has created a large and humane vision for community design, geared toward urban planners and designers, as well as those concerned with the communities of the future. Lozano strives to unify theory and practice, seeing that design at community scale is a relatively new responsibility for professionals and seeing the need for an awareness of the systemic nature of urban design. He also highlights relevant lessons from historical examples in order to rediscover the community design metier forgotten after the industrial revolution. The author relies on interdisciplinary studies, drawing from biology, ecology, and political science, as well as from history for his fascinating study. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on the interrelationship of design and culture--society, technology, institutions, and values--and on the need for an agenda for political and cultural change.

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