Dense and green innovative building types for sustainable urban architecture
The growth of cities is all about people. The accelerating trend of people moving to cities to seek employment, raise a family, find a better life and future is unstoppable. UN statistics predict that in 2030, 60% of the world’s population or 4.9 billion people will be urban, and by 2025 there will be 35 megacities in the world compared to 22 in 2011.
One of the leading challenges for architects and urban planners today is how to deal with density—density that comes from the natural increase of population and density that comes from migration, both internal and external. We have seen cities in developed regions that must address the task of creating a congenial environment, designing for the diverse demands of a larger population that wants the best of city life and aspires to the best of living close to nature. In developing regions, cities have to design, plan, and build to house a population that is urbanizing at exceptional speed, which means dealing with overwhelming numbers and yet provide a liveable environment.
Table of Contents
Dense + Green Agendas
The Dense and Green Paradigm
Dense and Green Technologies
Blue-Green Infrastructures for Buildings and Liveable Cities
Biological Functionalities of Green
Green Urbanism Models of a Dense and Green Urban Context
Dense and Green Building Typologies
Institutional
Regional Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of Picardie
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
School of the Arts
Nanyang Technological University
Learning Hub
Office
Ministry for Urban Development and the Environment
Phare Tower Project
Federal Environment Agency
Solaris
National University Health System Tower Block
Residential
Mountain Dwellings
Vertical Garden House
Via Verde
Newton Suites
The Interlace
The Amager Bakke
Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant Support Facility
Transbay Transit Center
Changi Airport Terminal 3
Mixed Use
Urban Mountain
Maquinnext
One Central Park
Oasia Downtown
South Beach Road
Dense + Green Practice Reports
Foster + Partners Practice Report
MVRDV Practice Report
WOHA Practice Report
R. Hamzah & Yeang Practice Report Dense + Green Future
Future Trajectories
