Dense and Green Building Typologies [electronic resource] : Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives /
Schröpfer, Thomas.author.
Menz, Sacha.author.
In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.
Introduction -- Creating Liveable Density through a Synthesis of Planning, Design and Greenery -- Building a City in Nature -- From Garden City to City in a Garden and Beyond -- Greenery in Commercial Buildings – Enhancing Returns for Investors? -- Green Buildings and the Homebuyers -- Emulating Ecosystems Ability to Provide Ecosystem Services in the Built Environment -- Biophilic Architecture to Biophilic Cities -- Prototypology and the 21st Century City -- The Role of Ecosystem Services in Making Cities Sustainable -- RGB: Red Blue Green Model as the “Lightness” of Being -- Taking Urban Greening to a Higher Level -- MPKL’s Investigation -- Punggol Waterway Terraces -- Green Architecture: Landscape Topology and Context.
In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced live ability in future cities.
Sustainable architecture.
Regional planning.
Sustainable development.
Computer aided design.
Materials.
Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Building Construction and Design.
Sustainable Development.
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.
Structural Materials.