Architecture for Housing | Understanding the value of design through 14 case studies

This book shows how architectural design can improve housing. It follows a series of talks hosted by the Melbourne School of Design to extend the debate on the missing links between architectural practice and housing research. It zooms in on 14 innovative multiunit dwelling projects through the lenses of current studies on urban housing systems, driven by questions on social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Residential buildings designed for diverse cultural contexts are brought together and examined according to spatial antonyms: the individual and communal, the interior and exterior, and the determined and undetermined.

The book concentrates on design decisions and incorporates rich illustrations and conversations with residents and the following architects José Toral (Peris+Toral Arquitectes), Verena von Beckerath (Heide & von Beckerath), Osamu Nishida (ON design partners), Marcelo Faiden (adamo-faiden), Graham Haworth (Haworth Tompkins), Fernando Brunel and Tomás Balparda (BBOA), Marc Frohn (FAR frohn&rojas), Ramon Bosch and Bet Capdeferro (bosch.capdeferro arquitectura), Hervé Potin (Guinée*Potin), Roger Riewe (Riegler Riewe Architekten), Juliane Greb and Petter Krag (Büro Juliane Greb), Verena Lindenmayer (EM2N), Luis Basabe (arenas basabe palacios arquitectos), Cristina Gamboa Masdevall and Carles Baiges Camprubí (Lacol).  

Title: Architecture for Housing | Understanding the value of design through 14 case studies

Author: Djordje Stojanovic

Publication: May 2024 

Extent: 264 pages

Illustrations: 39 Photos and 92 Drawings

Size: 28.0 x 22.0 cm

Binding: Hardcover, thread sewn

Language: English

ISBN: 978-3-0356-2761-9

Publisher: Birkhäuser

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783035627633/