Dense+Green Cities
Explore the interaction between buildings and the city as ecological systems in this book by the Dense and Green Building Typologies team at FCL.
external pageDense+Green Cities:Architecture as Urban Ecosystem explores the interaction between buildings and the city as ecological systems in terms of the concept, planning, design, technology, and experience.
The dimensions of “green building” are discussed by international experts through essays and analysed in case studies, and presented through analytical drawings produced exclusively for this book.
The book by the Dense and Green Building Typologies team, led by Prof. Thomas Schroepfer and Prof. Sacha Menz seeks to provide insights to some of the most innovative Dense+Green Cities of recent years in Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
Foreword by:
Peter G. Rowe
Contributions by:
Peter Edwards
Christophe Girot
Sacha Menz
CONTENT
Dense and Green Agendas
Dense and Green: An Alternative History of the City
The Collective Power of the Single Building
Green Spaces and Ecosystem Services
Green Buildings and the Ecological Picturesque
Dense and Green Dimensions
Learning from Singapore
Dense and Green at the Future Cities Laboratory
Biodiversity
Surface Temperature
Construction and Maintenance Costs of Integrated Green Spaces
Economic Benefits of Vegetation on and Around Residential Developments
Dense and Green Case Studies
Asia
America
Europe
Dense and Green Future
Future Trajectories