The Urban Housing Handbook

THE URBAN HOUSING HANDBOOK An insightful and revealing look at the intersection of housing and urban design In the newly revised Second Edition of The Urban Housing Handbook, Eric Firley and Victor Deupi deliver a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners, students, and researchers. The book outlines the characteristics of 30 of the most notable housing types from around the world, studied against a background of increasing densification. Each of the 30 chapters includes a fully-explored tradi tional example followed by one or two contemporary projects of similar spatial configuration that address changing trends in architecture and urban design. For this latest edition all contemporary examples have been updated and are now presented on two full spreads per chapter. Other features include: A rigorous analytical method that classifies the types according to four main categories (courtyard houses, row houses, compounds and apartment buildings) A thorough introduction to the relationship between an individual housing unit and the urban fabric that it creates through repetition A strong focus on dense metropolitan projects from around the world A set of key figures that translate visual information into metrics Unique, original drawings of illustrated housing accompanied by aerial and street-level context photos Conceived for architects and urban designers, The Urban Housing Handbook is also an ideal resource for urban planners, housing developers, builders, and housing trust professionals.

THE URBAN HOUSING HANDBOOKAn insightful and revealing look at the intersection of housing and urban designIn the newly revised Second Edition of The Urban Housing Handbook, Eric Firley and Victor Deupi deliver a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners, students, and researchers. The book outlines the characteristics of 30 of the most notable housing types from around the world, studied against a background of increasing densification.Each of the 30 chapters includes a fully-explored tradi tional example followed by one or two contemporary projects of similar spatial configuration that address changing trends in architecture and urban design.For this latest edition all contemporary examples have been updated and are now presented on two full spreads per chapter.Other features include:* A rigorous analytical method that classifies the types according to four main categories (courtyard houses, row houses, compounds and apartment buildings)* A thorough introduction to the relationship between an individual housing unit and the urban fabric that it creates through repetition* A strong focus on dense metropolitan projects from around the world* A set of key figures that translate visual information into metrics* Unique, original drawings of illustrated housing accompanied by aerial and street-level context photosConceived for architects and urban designers, The Urban Housing Handbook is also an ideal resource for urban planners, housing developers, builders, and housing trust professionals.

viii Introductionxii Introduction2 Siheyuan10 From Courtyard to Community: No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong12 Community Re-Building:True North Housing Complex14 Casa Chorizo22 A Habitat of Playful Housing: Zamudio 4764-6824 Perforated to Perfection: Iturbide Studio26 Patio House34 Space for Meditation: Ruang Tekuni Apartments38 Dar46 Rethinking Density: Niamey 2000 Housing48 Monastic Living: Zen House50 Machiya58 Floating Sub-Platform:House in Chau Doc62 Mini House68 Conquering Perceptions: R Micro Housing70 Living Modestly: Maison T72 Tower House80 Micro-Regeneration:Mengsheng House Renovation84 Villa Quadruple92 Pin-WheelPrivacy: 360º Building96 Chinese Shophouse104 Louvered Facade: Townhouse with a Folding-UpShutter108 Front Garden House116 New Options for Urban Living: Rain Garden Apartments118 Live-WorkUrbanism: East Howard Place120 Terrace House130 From Synthesis to Variation: Rochester Way134 Longtang House142 The Luxury of Privacy: L_61 Apartments146 Cité154 Interlocking Density: Blue Water Workforce Housing158 Courtyards and Passages166 The Sobriety of Buildings: Social Housing170 Garden Courtyard Block178 The Eternal Courtyard: Plaza la Reina182 Terrassen190 Pinch-PointAmenities: Dillon 617 Housing194 Pol House202 A Seed for Catalyzing Change: Caledonian Somosaguas206 Würfelhaus214 Return to Order: Cube House218 SoBe Walk-Up Apartments226 Strange Making: Carrizal Housing230 Courtyards238 Heterogeneous Fabric: Maiengasse Residential Development242 Megablock250 Downsizing the Block: City Center254 Casa de Blocco262 Helping People to Help Themselves: "More than Housing"Cooperative266 Zinshaus274 Living Toward the Interior: Casa Jardín Escandón278 Wohnburg286 Meandering: Weltpostpark Housing288 Rambling Green: Prado Concorde Apartments290 Berlage-block298 Paradoxical Living: McGrath Road Housing302 Plex House310 Emphasizing the Corner: Village WVW314 Mietskaserne322 Intertwined Courtyards: Theresienstraße Development326 Post-Haussmannian House334 Stone Building: 027 OBK336 Stick Building: Nordre Gate, Alliance Architecture Studio338 Casa de Renta346 Louvered Living: Apartment Building for Four Friends350 Apartment Tower358 A Living Organism: Vertical Itaim Building360 Stretched Wide: Marlowe Apartments362 Figure Ground Comparisons368 Process Comparison Table369 Density Comparison Table370 Bibliography375 Index