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Dense and Green Building Typologies [electronic resource] : Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives / by Thomas Schröpfer, Sacha Menz.

By: Schröpfer, Thomas [author.].
Contributor(s): Menz, Sacha [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology: Publisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019Edition: 1st ed. 2019.Description: XIX, 119 p. 106 illus., 100 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789811307133.Subject(s): Sustainable architecture | Human geography | Buildings—Design and construction | Sustainability | Computer-aided engineering | Building materials | Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings | Human Geography | Building Construction and Design | Sustainability | Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design | Structural MaterialsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 720.47 | 696 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
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: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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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.

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