A Framework for Assessing Environmental
... Full LCA, which is usually referred to as “cradle to grave” study, estimates environmental effects of a product system from raw material extraction to use and finally disposal or recycle. Life cycle assessment is highly regarded for its capability to assess the environmental implications throughout ...
... Full LCA, which is usually referred to as “cradle to grave” study, estimates environmental effects of a product system from raw material extraction to use and finally disposal or recycle. Life cycle assessment is highly regarded for its capability to assess the environmental implications throughout ...
land-use efficient housing
... Upstairs apartments provide customers for the shops, activity for the streets, and nighttime surveillance for the neighborhood. They also represent one of the most economical ways to provide housing, since the land and infrastructure costs are covered by the shops; the housing can be supplied for th ...
... Upstairs apartments provide customers for the shops, activity for the streets, and nighttime surveillance for the neighborhood. They also represent one of the most economical ways to provide housing, since the land and infrastructure costs are covered by the shops; the housing can be supplied for th ...
Watergate Apartments Elenberg Fraser, Monument
... water. Like Liberty Tower the project uses perforated aluminium balustrades and different shades of curtain wall glazing to good effect. Whereas Liberty was an urban corner block, Watergate sits more independently as the development model for Docklands tends to dictate – the design goes some way to ...
... water. Like Liberty Tower the project uses perforated aluminium balustrades and different shades of curtain wall glazing to good effect. Whereas Liberty was an urban corner block, Watergate sits more independently as the development model for Docklands tends to dictate – the design goes some way to ...
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... compact, pedestrian– and biking-friendly, mixed-use development containing medium to high density residential, office and retail uses within walking distance of rail transit stations identified in the Comprehensive Plan. ...
... compact, pedestrian– and biking-friendly, mixed-use development containing medium to high density residential, office and retail uses within walking distance of rail transit stations identified in the Comprehensive Plan. ...
Unit 25 Urbanization 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Urban, Urbanism
... It is the process of expansion in the entire system of interrelationships by which a population maintains itself in its habitat (Hawley, 1981). An increase in the size of towns and cities leading to growth of urban population is the most significant dimension of urbanization. The urban centers are e ...
... It is the process of expansion in the entire system of interrelationships by which a population maintains itself in its habitat (Hawley, 1981). An increase in the size of towns and cities leading to growth of urban population is the most significant dimension of urbanization. The urban centers are e ...
Proceedings Book_2.indb
... each building is controlled by each voxel’s population density value. SWARM CITY PROJECT City Generator has become a powerful instrument for us to produce new solutions and more exciting urban forms. The “Swarm City” project has explored the applications of this new tool in both large urban scale an ...
... each building is controlled by each voxel’s population density value. SWARM CITY PROJECT City Generator has become a powerful instrument for us to produce new solutions and more exciting urban forms. The “Swarm City” project has explored the applications of this new tool in both large urban scale an ...
Urban Metabolism at UCL – A working paper
... reproduction of the city, both as a biophysical and socio-‐economic entity. Urban metabolism has also inspired new ways of thinking about how cities can be made sustainable and has raised crit ...
... reproduction of the city, both as a biophysical and socio-‐economic entity. Urban metabolism has also inspired new ways of thinking about how cities can be made sustainable and has raised crit ...
Back to the future: A re-examination of high rise
... Tight budgets and pressure to tackle a growing housing crisis meant that build quality of early schemes was often very poor. Leaking walls and broken lifts became the hallmark of many estates and in one tragic example, cutting corners led to disasters like the collapse of Ronan Point in 1968. A lack ...
... Tight budgets and pressure to tackle a growing housing crisis meant that build quality of early schemes was often very poor. Leaking walls and broken lifts became the hallmark of many estates and in one tragic example, cutting corners led to disasters like the collapse of Ronan Point in 1968. A lack ...
Social Networks Analysis of the Landscape of the City for
... landscape of the city that were published in A imagem da cidade [The Image of the City] by Lynch ([1960] 1997), in Paisagem urbana by Cullen ([1961] 1971), and in A arquitetura da cidade[The Architecture of the City] by Rossi ([1966] 1995). Also the first work that indicated the built heritage of th ...
... landscape of the city that were published in A imagem da cidade [The Image of the City] by Lynch ([1960] 1997), in Paisagem urbana by Cullen ([1961] 1971), and in A arquitetura da cidade[The Architecture of the City] by Rossi ([1966] 1995). Also the first work that indicated the built heritage of th ...
København den 26. – 28. september 2012
... development, which could be used as inspiration for the development of ‘best practices’ for the Oresund context. Then, four ‘case areas’ were investigated and analysed, all suburbs or on the edge of city centres in the region. Three of them are facing massive renewal while the fourth area is a city ...
... development, which could be used as inspiration for the development of ‘best practices’ for the Oresund context. Then, four ‘case areas’ were investigated and analysed, all suburbs or on the edge of city centres in the region. Three of them are facing massive renewal while the fourth area is a city ...
2004 CNU Charter Awards - Congress for the New Urbanism
... centers. Instead of being compensated for putting ...
... centers. Instead of being compensated for putting ...
Planning Cultural Sustainability in a Global Economy
... global and standardized real-estate industry. This paper will refer to actual projects under development in Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia and Brazil that turn this challenge into an essential component of the economic viability of the development. 1.1 Wilanów: - Central Europe’s largest test of t ...
... global and standardized real-estate industry. This paper will refer to actual projects under development in Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia and Brazil that turn this challenge into an essential component of the economic viability of the development. 1.1 Wilanów: - Central Europe’s largest test of t ...
Mapping urban and social space: towards a socio
... This paper presents a methodological framework for studying the interaction between urban form and social space within the built environment. The purpose of this ‘socio-cultural understanding of urban form’ is to be able to design new and regenerate existing residential neighbourhoods with sustainab ...
... This paper presents a methodological framework for studying the interaction between urban form and social space within the built environment. The purpose of this ‘socio-cultural understanding of urban form’ is to be able to design new and regenerate existing residential neighbourhoods with sustainab ...
Video : Urban Heat Island
... take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. © 2012 Hong Kong Institute of Architects ...
... take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. © 2012 Hong Kong Institute of Architects ...
Urban Design Policy for Non Residential Development and Multi
... Encourage the location and design of private and communal open space to take advantage of solar access, have reasonable levels of privacy and be designed to respect the privacy of private open space of surrounding dwellings. Where on-site communal open space is proposed, encourage a variety of s ...
... Encourage the location and design of private and communal open space to take advantage of solar access, have reasonable levels of privacy and be designed to respect the privacy of private open space of surrounding dwellings. Where on-site communal open space is proposed, encourage a variety of s ...
22_lpp06_port
... Encourage the location and design of private and communal open space to take advantage of solar access, have reasonable levels of privacy and be designed to respect the privacy of private open space of surrounding dwellings. Where on-site communal open space is proposed, encourage a variety of s ...
... Encourage the location and design of private and communal open space to take advantage of solar access, have reasonable levels of privacy and be designed to respect the privacy of private open space of surrounding dwellings. Where on-site communal open space is proposed, encourage a variety of s ...
File - Healthy! Capital Counties
... The Social, Economic and Environmental Factors are known as the Social Determinants of Health. These factors can either help or hinder attempts at healthy living by the members of a given community. Example indicators include Income, Education, Affordable Housing, and the Built Environment. FINDINGS ...
... The Social, Economic and Environmental Factors are known as the Social Determinants of Health. These factors can either help or hinder attempts at healthy living by the members of a given community. Example indicators include Income, Education, Affordable Housing, and the Built Environment. FINDINGS ...
Urban Density and the Porous High-Rise - ctbuh
... suggest possibilities for innovative approaches to private development strategies, public planning processes, and architectural design. Keywords: Permeable design, Public space, Spatial continuity, Sectional variety, Organic grids, Urban fabric ...
... suggest possibilities for innovative approaches to private development strategies, public planning processes, and architectural design. Keywords: Permeable design, Public space, Spatial continuity, Sectional variety, Organic grids, Urban fabric ...
Conference on Architecture and Tourism: Fictions, Simulacra
... becoming ubiquitous, or “melts into air,” as Marshall Berman would have it, architecture, at least for quite some time, have stayed solid and have not lost its eminence as a source of magnificence and amazement. This, to be exact, virtually ended when states and city governments, as well as private ...
... becoming ubiquitous, or “melts into air,” as Marshall Berman would have it, architecture, at least for quite some time, have stayed solid and have not lost its eminence as a source of magnificence and amazement. This, to be exact, virtually ended when states and city governments, as well as private ...
Collection strengths - Library
... Community infrastructures: planning, design and constructing critical community infrastructure, such as schools, judicial facilities, municipal services, libraries, healthcare and hospitals. Vulnerable communities: planning, designing and realising safer and healthy environments, with particular foc ...
... Community infrastructures: planning, design and constructing critical community infrastructure, such as schools, judicial facilities, municipal services, libraries, healthcare and hospitals. Vulnerable communities: planning, designing and realising safer and healthy environments, with particular foc ...
Critical Studies of Cities and Regions
... the economies and cultures of the entire globe. In today’s urbanized areas, boundaries are porous and ill-defined—hence the growing attention to regional thinking. This sentiment is made most cogently in the core of the book, Part 2: Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis, in which Soja examines how s ...
... the economies and cultures of the entire globe. In today’s urbanized areas, boundaries are porous and ill-defined—hence the growing attention to regional thinking. This sentiment is made most cogently in the core of the book, Part 2: Six Discourses on the Postmetropolis, in which Soja examines how s ...
the place of township transformation within south
... informal settlement often takes the form of backyard shacks for rental. There are also urgent needs for access to health services, education facilities, better sanitation, and improved law enforcement. While these areas may have more developed social capital than large freestanding informal settleme ...
... informal settlement often takes the form of backyard shacks for rental. There are also urgent needs for access to health services, education facilities, better sanitation, and improved law enforcement. While these areas may have more developed social capital than large freestanding informal settleme ...
Toward a Global Systems Science of Urbanization
... that one observes in cities?" Then: "If that is the case, will urban growth ultimately lead to such important disequilibria (and potentially ruptures) in the coherence of our societies that this might result in chaos?" and its corollary: "What would need to change in the way we currently process inf ...
... that one observes in cities?" Then: "If that is the case, will urban growth ultimately lead to such important disequilibria (and potentially ruptures) in the coherence of our societies that this might result in chaos?" and its corollary: "What would need to change in the way we currently process inf ...
the PDF press release
... part to the 120,000 square feet of vacant and unusable space in the building’s southern end. “Our plan is to redevelop that southern end into viable real estate once again.” says Teagen president, Larry Jones. “We will turn the unused infrastructure into a place where small businesses, retailers, an ...
... part to the 120,000 square feet of vacant and unusable space in the building’s southern end. “Our plan is to redevelop that southern end into viable real estate once again.” says Teagen president, Larry Jones. “We will turn the unused infrastructure into a place where small businesses, retailers, an ...
The Processual Method in the Analysis of the
... The design study of the parish centre was led by considering a sequence of relationships links ranging from architectural body scale to that of aggregation and urban organism. The reports were of various nature and scalar type because the parish Center in itself implies the existence of relationship ...
... The design study of the parish centre was led by considering a sequence of relationships links ranging from architectural body scale to that of aggregation and urban organism. The reports were of various nature and scalar type because the parish Center in itself implies the existence of relationship ...
Technical aspects of urban planning
Technical Aspects of Urban Planning involve the technical processes, considerations and features that are involved in planning for land use, urban design, natural resources, transportation, and infrastructure.