Urban intensities : contemporary housing types and territories

By:

Rowe, Peter G

Contributor(s):

Kan, Har Ye

Publication details: Basel Birkhauser 2014Description: 239pISBN:

9783038214779

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

711.58 ROW

Contents:

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 URBAN BLOCK SHAPERS 10 Precedents: From Plan Zuid to the Meander 11 Contemporary Cases:Building in Barcelona and Los Angeles 14 Convergences and Contexts 36 HOUSING AND LANDSCAPES 37 Precedents: From Active Mergers to Objects of Contemplation 38 Contemporary Cases: Houses and New Grounds 41 Trends, Consistencies, and Contexts 57 SUPERBLOCK CONFIGURATIONS 58 Precedents: From Mass Housing to a New Urban Lifestyle 59 Contemporary Cases:Chinese Superblocks in Beijing 63 Dimensional Issues,Strategies, and Domain Definitions 77 TALL TOWERS 79 Precedents: Early Beginnings, Mass Provision, and Dwelling Diversity 80 Contemporary Cases: Expressions of Sustainability and Variation 84 Balancing Dwelling and Conditions of Variation, Separation, and Resilience 100 BIG BUILDINGS 101 Precedents: From Unites to Sprawling Complexes and Green Buildings 101 Contemporary Cases:Big Buildings in Urban Circumstances 105 Community and Balances Among Residential and Other Factors 123 INFRA-STRUCTURAL ENGAGEMENTS 124 Precedents: Direct Engagements and Reifications 125 127 Contemporary Cases: Re-occupation of Urban Sites 127 Typal Independence, Reciprocity, and Contextual Influence 144 INDIGENOUS REINTER-PRETATIONS 145 Precedents: Codes, Associations, and Reproductions 145 Contemporary Cases:References to the Past in Beijing and Shanghai 148 Contextual Engagements and Differences Between Form and Figure 164 INFILL AND PUNTAL INTERVENTIONS 166 Precedents: Infills, Unit Ensembles, and Intervention Processes 167 Contemporary Cases: Single Houses and Ensembles of Units 169 Animation, Completion,Contradistinction, and Other Outcomes 194 HOUSING SPECIAL POPULATIONS 195 Precedents: Recent Social, Student, and Elderly Housing 196 Contemporary Cases: From Slum Reparation to Co-op Life 203 Flexibility, Accommodating Change, and Special Programming 218 A TURNING POINT 220 Constants and Trends 224 Metrics and Measures 221 Selected Projects and Contextual Connectivity 226 Units, Types, and Use Mixes by Categories 229 Notes 235 Index 231 About the Authors, Acknowledgements, Credits, Colophon 239

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 7
URBAN BLOCK SHAPERS 10
Precedents: From Plan Zuid to the Meander 11
Contemporary Cases:Building in Barcelona and Los Angeles 14
Convergences and Contexts 36
HOUSING AND LANDSCAPES 37
Precedents: From Active Mergers to Objects of Contemplation 38
Contemporary Cases: Houses and New Grounds 41
Trends, Consistencies, and Contexts 57
SUPERBLOCK CONFIGURATIONS 58
Precedents: From Mass Housing to a New Urban Lifestyle 59
Contemporary Cases:Chinese Superblocks in Beijing 63
Dimensional Issues,Strategies, and Domain Definitions 77
TALL TOWERS 79
Precedents: Early Beginnings, Mass Provision, and Dwelling Diversity 80
Contemporary Cases: Expressions of Sustainability and Variation 84
Balancing Dwelling and Conditions of Variation, Separation, and Resilience 100
BIG BUILDINGS 101
Precedents: From Unites to Sprawling Complexes and Green Buildings 101
Contemporary Cases:Big Buildings in Urban Circumstances 105
Community and Balances Among Residential and Other Factors 123
INFRA-STRUCTURAL ENGAGEMENTS 124
Precedents: Direct Engagements and Reifications 125
127 Contemporary Cases: Re-occupation of Urban Sites 127
Typal Independence, Reciprocity, and Contextual Influence 144
INDIGENOUS REINTER-PRETATIONS 145
Precedents: Codes, Associations, and Reproductions 145
Contemporary Cases:References to the Past in Beijing and Shanghai 148
Contextual Engagements and Differences Between Form and Figure 164
INFILL AND PUNTAL
INTERVENTIONS 166
Precedents: Infills, Unit Ensembles, and Intervention Processes 167
Contemporary Cases: Single Houses and Ensembles of Units 169
Animation, Completion,Contradistinction, and Other Outcomes 194
HOUSING SPECIAL POPULATIONS 195
Precedents: Recent Social, Student, and Elderly Housing 196
Contemporary Cases: From Slum Reparation to Co-op Life 203
Flexibility, Accommodating Change, and Special Programming 218
A TURNING POINT 220
Constants and Trends 224 Metrics and Measures 221
Selected Projects and Contextual Connectivity 226
Units, Types, and Use Mixes by Categories 229
Notes 235
Index 231
About the Authors, Acknowledgements, Credits, Colophon 239

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