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This book investigates the development of multi-unit housing typologies that were predominant in a particular city from the 1800s to present day. It emphasises the importance of understanding the direct connection between housing and dwelling in the context of a city, and the manner in which the city is an instructional indication of how a housing typology is embodied.
The case studies presented offer an insight into why a certain housing type flourished in a specific city and the variety span across cities in the world where distinct housing types have prevailed. It also pursues how housing types developed, evolved, and helped define the city, looks into how dwellers inhabited their dwellings, and analyses how the housing typologies correlates in a contemporary context. The typologies studied are back-to-backs in Birmingham; tenements in London; Haussmann Apartment in Paris; tenements in New York; tong lau in Hong Kong; perimeter block, linear block, and block-edge in Berlin; perimeter block and solitaire in Amsterdam; space-enclosing structure in Beijing; micro house in Tokyo, and high-rise in Toronto.
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Index
Note: italic references denote images.
access types (interior building) 8, 9
Ahrends, Bruno 150
Amsterdam see perimeter block buildings, Amsterdam; solitaire form, Amsterdam
Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwelling Improvement Act (1875) 29, 56
Average London Tenement Buildings 34
back-to-backs, Birmingham 2, 3, 10, 12
access type 22
alley passage 18
big yard 18–22
characteristics 12–16
components and organisation 16–22
congestion 28–29
construction materials 22–27
courtyards 16, 17
government departments, policies, regulations 29
interiors 22
layout 18
owners, landlords, developers, reformers 28
plan type 22
present day 29
balconies
Hong Kong Tong Lau 126, 130, 133
Toronto high-rise towers 324, 325
Bartning, Otto 154, 199
Beijing see space-enclosing structures, Beijing
Berlin 138
government-funded housing timeline 200–201
historical context 139
IBA Housing Exhibitions 165
owners, landlords, developers, reformers 198–200
present day 201see also Berlin Housing Estates; block-edge buildings; IBA ’57; IBA ’84/87; linear block buildings; perimeter block buildings
Berlin Housing Estates 140–141
access type 164
Britz Residential Estate (Horseshoe Estate) 143–144, 145–149
Carl Legien Estate 144, 150, 151–153
components and organisation 142–143
construction materials 164
owners, landlords, developers, reformers 198–199
plan type 154
Siemensstadt Estate (“Ring” Estate) 154, 155–163
White City 150
Bethnal Green estate, London tenements 44, 48 Birmingham see back-to-backs, Birmingham
Blackfriars, London tenements 42
block-edge buildings, Berlin 2, 5, 138
access type 164
characteristics 139
components and organisation 142–143
construction materials 164
historical c...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Overview: Multi-Unit Dwelling Housing Typologies
- Birmingham: Circa 1800 to 1880: Back-to-Backs
- London: Circa 1800 to 1880: London Tenement
- Paris: Circa 1850 to 1870: Haussmann Apartment
- New York: Circa 1880 to 1930: New York Tenement
- Hong Kong: Circa 1840 to 1960: Hong Kong Tong Lau
- Berlin: Circa 1920, 1950 and 1980: Perimeter Block, Linear Block, and Block-Edge
- Amsterdam: Circa 1990 to 2010: Solitaire and Perimeter Block
- Beijing: Circa 2000 to Present Day: Space-Enclosing Structure
- Tokyo: Circa 2000 to Present Day: Kyosho Jutaku
- Toronto: Circa 2007 to Present Day: High-Rise Tower
- Image Credits
- Bibliography
- Index