Future Urban Habitation

Presents forward-looking concepts, innovative research, and transdisciplinary perspectives for developing strategies for future urban habitation Around the globe, urban populations are growing at an unpreceded rate, in particular in Asia and Africa. In view of pressing social and environmental challenges it is essential to reimagine current design strategies to build affordable, sustainable, and inclusive communities that can respond to future demographic dynamics, new social practices, and the consequences of climate change. Future Urban Habitation presents an integrative, transdisciplinary approach for developing long-term strategies for urban housing at a different scales. With focus on the rapidly growing cities of Asia, and urban processes in Europe and North-America this volume offers perspectives from both researchers and practitioners involved in multiple aspects of urban habitation. The authors address a range of challenges to urban habitation with four intersecting thematic frameworks: Inclusive Urbanism, High-Dense Typologies for Building Community, Adaptable and Responsive Habitation, and New Tools and Approaches. Throughout the text, readers are presented with innovative design ideas from different fields, new concepts for social practices and sustainable housing policies, recent research on urban housing, and more. Exploring both social and architectural strategies for sustainable and livable dwelling models, Future Urban Hanitation: Addresses challenges associated with urbanization, population growth, societal segregation, shifting demographics and the crisis of care, and climate change Discusses advanced approaches for design thinking and design research and the impact of inclusive people-centric social design Explores the building of collaboration-based, cohesive neighborhoods and community-based social and health services Describes the use of innovative tools and methods affecting design practices and decision-making processes, such as co-design, social design, parametric design, performance simulation and sustainable construction to develop urban housing Includes perspectives and concepts from policy makers in housing boards and social service administrations, urban planners, architectural and social designers, innovators in sustainable construction, and researchers working on urban society Future Urban Habitation is an invaluable resource for designers from various fields including architecture, urban planning, and social design, for researchers from social science and design fields, and for policymakers, and other practitioners working on the provision of housing and the facilitation of social services in urban environments.

Presents forward-looking concepts, innovative research, and transdisciplinary perspectives for developing strategies for future urban habitationAround the globe, urban populations are growing at an unpreceded rate, in particular in Asia and Africa. In view of pressing social and environmental challenges it is essential to reimagine current design strategies to build affordable, sustainable, and inclusive communities that can respond to future demographic dynamics, new social practices, and the consequences of climate change. Future Urban Habitation presents an integrative, transdisciplinary approach for developing long-term strategies for urban housing at a different scales.With focus on the rapidly growing cities of Asia, and urban processes in Europe and North-America this volume offers perspectives from both researchers and practitioners involved in multiple aspects of urban habitation. The authors address a range of challenges to urban habitation with four intersecting thematic frameworks: Inclusive Urbanism, High-Dense Typologies for Building Community, Adaptable and Responsive Habitation, and New Tools and Approaches.Throughout the text, readers are presented with innovative design ideas from different fields, new concepts for social practices and sustainable housing policies, recent research on urban housing, and more. Exploring both social and architectural strategies for sustainable and livable dwelling models, Future Urban Hanitation:* Addresses challenges associated with urbanization, population growth, societal segregation, shifting demographics and the crisis of care, and climate change* Discusses advanced approaches for design thinking and design research and the impact of inclusive people-centric social design* Explores the building of collaboration-based, cohesive neighborhoods and community-based social and health services* Describes the use of innovative tools and methods affecting design practices and decision-making processes, such as co-design, social design, parametric design, performance simulation and sustainable construction to develop urban housing* Includes perspectives and concepts from policy makers in housing boards and social service administrations, urban planners, architectural and social designers, innovators in sustainable construction, and researchers working on urban societyFuture Urban Habitation is an invaluable resource for designers from various fields including architecture, urban planning, and social design, for researchers from social science and design fields, and for policymakers, and other practitioners working on the provision of housing and the facilitation of social services in urban environments.

List of Contributors ixIntroduction 1Oliver HeckmannSection 1 Inclusive Urbanism 11Introduction 13Oliver Heckmann1 Towards a New Social Model of the City: Barcelona's Integral Superblocks 25Lluís Torrens, Sebastià Riutort, and Marta Juan2 Link by Link: Blurring the Lines and Creating an Inclusive Society in Singapore 37Vincent Chua3 Inclusive Smart Community - Towards A Socially Integrated and Enabling Community 49Chong Keng Hua, Ha Tshui Mum, To Kien, and Yuen Chau4 Design for Depopulating Conditions - Formulating a Strategic Neighborhood Framework for Detroit 67Ian Dickenson5 Multi-Programmatic Urbanity for Indonesia 101Florian Heinzelmann and Daliana Suryawinata6 Affordable Housing and Social Inclusion - the Case of Vienna and Austria 115Gerald KösslSection 2 High-Dense Typologies For Building Communities 131Introduction 133Oliver Heckmann7 Fostering Community Bonding in High-Density Habitations 149Im Sik Cho8 HDB: High-Density Typologies for Building Community 165Jeremiah Lim9 Building Communities in High-Density Singapore - a Look at Integrated Design Typology 185Siew Man Kok10 Making Sense of 'Community': A Call for New Kinds of Knowledge to Shape Urban Futures 209Saffron WoodcraftSection 3 Adaptive and Responsive Habitation 223Introduction 225Oliver Heckmann11 Alternative Housing for a Diverse and Inclusive Society 241Gérald Ledent12 Type-Figurations - Comfort Zones and Active Grounds 261Bernd Vlay13 Promoting Healthy Longevity: The Role of Social Innovation 287Yee Wei Lim, Kimberly Teo, Cherylanne Tan, and Junyu Ong14 Experiments in Living Together 301Colin Neufeld and Sharon Wohl15 Beyond the Unit - Future Hybrid High-Rise Commune 335Oliver HeckmannSection 4 New Tools, New Approaches 359Introduction 361Oliver Heckmann16 Toolkits for Renewable and Regenerative Buildings 371Devni Acharya, Emma Boucher, Richard Boyd, Michael Budig, Elisa Magnini, and Neil Walmsley17 Social Design - Principles & Practices to Foster Caring Urban Communities 391Lekshmy Parameswaran, László Herczeg, Airí Dordas Perpinyà, and Adrià Garcia i Mateu18 Computational Design Futures in Housing 415Trevor Ryan Patt19 Retooling Architectural Performance Analysis 429Timur Dogan and John Alstan JakubiecIndex 443