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• Title:Urban intensities : contemporary building types and territories / Peter G. Rowe, Har Ye Kan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Rowe, Peter G.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Kan, Har Ye.
  
• Published/Created:Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2014]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA9051 .R69 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:City planning.
  Urban density.
  Housing.
  Architecture and society.
  
• Description:239 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
  
• Summary:"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.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9783038214779 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  3038214779 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Urban Block Shapers
  Precedents: From Plan Zuid to the Meander
  Contemporary Cases: Building in Barcelona and Los Angeles
  Convergences and Contexts
  Housing And Landscapes
  Precedents: From Active Mergers to Objects of Contemplation
  Contemporary Cases: Houses and New Grounds
  Trends, Consistencies, and Contexts
  Superblock Configurations
  Precedents: From Mass Housing to a New Urban Lifestyle
  Contemporary Cases: Chinese Superblocks in Beijing
  Dimensional Issues, Strategies, and Domain Definitions
  Tall Towers
  Precedents: Early Beginnings, Mass Provision, and Dwelling Diversity
  Contemporary Cases: Expressions of Sustainability and Variation
  Balancing Dwelling and Conditions of Variation, Separation, and Resilience
  Big Buildings
  Precedents: From Unites to Sprawling Complexes and Green Buildings
  Contemporary Cases: Big Buildings in Urban Circumstances
  Community and Balances Among Residential and Other Factors
  Infra-Structural Engagements
  Precedents: Direct Engagements and Reifications
  Contemporary Cases: Re-occupation of Urban Sites
  Typal Independence, Reciprocity, and Contextual Influence
  Indigenous Reinter-Pretations
  Precedents: Codes, Associations, and Reproductions
  Contemporary Cases: References to the Past in Beijing and Shanghai
  Contextual Engagements and Differences Between Form and Figure
  Infill And Puntal Interventions
  Precedents: Infills, Unit Ensembles, and Intervention Processes
  Contemporary Cases: Single Houses and Ensembles of Units
  Animation, Completion, Contradistinction, and Other Outcomes
  Housing Special Populations
  Precedents: Recent Social, Student, and Elderly Housing
  Contemporary Cases: From Slum Reparation to Co-op Life
  Flexibility, Accommodating Change, and Special Programming
  Turning Point
  Constants and Trends
  Metrics and Measures
  Selected Projects and Contextual Connectivity
  Units, Types, and Use Mixes by Categories.