|aUrban intensities :|bcontemporary housing types and territories /|cPeter G. Rowe, Har Ye Kan.
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|aBasel ;|aBoston :|bBirkhäuser,|c[2014]
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|tUrban block shapers : Precedents: from plan zuid to the meander ;|tContemporary cases: building in Barcelona and Los Angeles ;|tConvergences and Contexts --|tHousing and landscapes : Precedents: from active mergers to objects of contemplation ;|tContemporary cases: houses and new grounds ;|tTrends, consistencies and contexts --|tSuperblock configurations : Precedents: from mass housing to a new urban lifestyle ;|tContemporary cases: Chinese superblocks in Beijing ;|tDimensional issues, strategies, and domain definitions --|tTall towers : Precedents: early beginnings, mass provision, and dwelling diversity ;|tContemporary cases: expressions of sustainability and variation ;|tBalancing dwelling and conditions of variation, separation, and resilience --|tBig buildings : Precedents: From Unités to sprawling complexes and green buildings ;|tContemporary cases: big buildings in urban circumstances ;|tCommunity and balances among residential and other factors --|tInfrastructural engagements : Precedents: direct engagements and reifications ;|tContemporary cases: re-occupation of urban sites ;|tTypal independence, reciprocity, and contextual influence --|tIndigenous reinterpretations : Precedents: codes, associations, and reproductions ;|tContemporary cases: references to the past in Beijing and Shanghai ;|tContextual engagements and differences between form and figure --|tInfill and puntal interventions : Precedents: infills, unit ensembles, and intervention processes ;|tContemporary cases: single houses and ensembles of units ;|tAnimation, completion, contradistinction, and other outcomes --|tHousing special populations : Precedents: recent social, student, and elderly housing ;|tContemporary cases: from slum reparation to co-op life ;|tFlexibility, accommodating change, and special programming --|gA|tturning point : Constants and trends ;|tMetrics and measures --|tSelected projects and contextual connectivity ;|tUnits, types, and use mixes by categories.
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|a"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 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" -- Publiarq: publicaciones de arquitectura y arte.
內容簡介top Urban Intensities 簡介 This book combines the architectural and urban scales to demonstrate that urban intensity 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 information on the pros and cons of major types of housing, their pitfalls and successful examples.