The Urban Housing Handbook

by Firley, Eric; Stahl, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780470512753
• ISBN10: 047051275X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The handbook provides graphic representations and analysis of 30 urban case studies from around the world. These range from the London town house to apartments in Chicago and New York, taking in other European, South American, North African, and Asian examples. In each chapter, a housing type is fully explored through a traditional case study and then a more modern example that demonstrates how it has been reinterpreted in a contemporary context.

Author Biography

Eric Firley is an architect and urban designer, who is currently based in Paris. After studying in Lausanne, Weimar and London, he worked in several practices and design consultancies in France and the UK. Having initiated this project in 2005, he has spent over two years writing and researching it, travelling extensively in the process.

Caroline Stahl has run a Paris-based architecture practice since 2001. Born in Berlin, she studied in Weimar and Milan. She has worked on a wide range of projects in Germany and France. She undertook extensive research on housing for this book and developed the comparative contemporary studies.

Katharina Grön is a German urban designer who graduated in early 2008. She has helped produce the graphic material for the book, redrawing the urban and architectural plans.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Siheyuan

Non-private living - a counter model for siheyuan in Beijing: Monyama house, Tokyo

Casa Chorizo

The private home as the basic element of the city block: Casa

Patio House

The facade acting as interface: Patio Island, Ypenburg

Dar and Riad

Courtyard houses in an artificial landscape: the Copenhagen mountain dwellings

Kyo-machiya

Furniture in the yard: Rue de Suisse, Paris

Mini House

The house in the middle of its neighbourhood or the world in the house - Japanese single-family houses

Tower House

The vertical floor plan: Tokyo Tower House

Quadruple Villa

Example of living style: Quadruple Villa, Mulhouse

Chinese Shophouse

Draftless design: Hanoi Space Book

Terrace House with Mews

Two faces of a house: Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge

Front Garden House

A break in style revealed: compound in Rue de la Colonie, Paris

Terrace House

Terraced open space - houses in Graz and Les Herbiers

Longtang House

Spotlight on collective living: Seijo Garden Courts

Cité

The parasite in the block: Viviendas entre Medianeras, Seville

Courtyards and Passages

The interrupted spatial sequence of faubourg architecture: apartments and studios in Rue de Charonne in Paris

Hamburger Terrassen (Falkenried)

An urban settlement: Donnybrook in London

Pol House

The block as a miniature city: Carabanchel

Wûrfelhaus

Variability within a constant building form: The city villas of Spandau

Chicago Courtyards

The house in the block: Lisbon Oriente Complex

Megablock

The megablock - a continuation of architectural tradition Charlottehaven

Town Palace (Casa de Blocco)

The city as a work of art: the Paris quarter of Massena

Zinshaus

Improvement after the fact: multiple dwelling units in Mexico

Hamburger Burg

Structured living: 'VM Houses' in Copenhagen

Berlage Superblock

Design rules for the city block: Front de Parc, Bercy, Paris

Plex-House

The 'planted' single-family house - Yerba Buena lofts, San Francisco

Miertskaserne

Space defined by passage and courtyard: Passage Groix in Paris

Post-Haussmannian Apartment Building

Haussmann Light - Buildings in Rue Louis Blanc in Paris

Casa de Mig and Casa de Quart

Selective transparency of the block: Viviendas in El Gramal

Casa de Renta

New approach to architectural tradition: Buenos Aires

Early Residential Towers

A city reinvents itself: high-rise apartments in Vancouver

Figure Ground Comparisons

Process Comparison Table

Density Comparison Table

Bibliography

Index

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