Evaluating the quality of the residential environment in a high-rise public housing development

The purpose of this study is to extract the indices of Aesthetic preferences for visual quality of urban landscape in high-rise buildings which contribute designers to make better decisions for designing urban landscape. As the research focuses on the high-rise buildings, this study goal address the question as follows: ‘What are aesthetic preferences in high-rise buildings? How can these preferences be developed and categorized?’ To achieve this objective, the Derak district of Shiraz city was selected as a case study area using Photo grid method and then all high-rise buildings in this area were identified and analyzed. Aesthetic preferences data were evaluated by Q-SORT method with the psychophysical approach. Eventually, aesthetic factors have been presented in two main categories: 'primary and distinctive'. Findings lead to the development of APPD model which suggests that when the landscape design of a building moves toward distinctive factors, the degree of its aesthetic preferences increases.

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Quality of life in a “high-rise lawless slum”: A study of the “Kowloon Walled City”

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.047 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 76 ◽

pp. 157-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Leung Kwok Prudence Lau ◽

Wai Chung Lawrence Lai ◽

Chi Wing Daniel Ho

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

High Rise

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High Rise Stories: Voices From Chicago Public Housing

The Oral History Review ◽

10.1093/ohr/oht108 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 156-158

Author(s):

Shanna Farrell

Keyword(s):

Public Housing ◽

High Rise

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LIFESTYLE, ARCHITECTURE AND QUALITY OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT

URBAN CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE ◽

10.17673/vestnik.2021.01.20 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 160-168

Author(s):

Viktor P. GENERALOV ◽

Elena M. GENERALOVA

Keyword(s):

Urban Environment ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Living Environment ◽

Compact City ◽

High Rise ◽

Fundamental Research ◽

Typological Structure ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City

The study reveals the aspects that defi ne the concept of “lifestyle”, including the main categories: standard of living, lifestyle, quality of life and lifestyle. Insuffi cient knowledge of the mutual infl uence of people’s “lifestyle” on the typological structure of apartments and residential buildings, on the quality of the urban environment is emphasized. The infl uence of the level of urbanization of the city territory on the characteristics of the “urban lifestyle” is considered. Problematic issues are raised related to the debate on the relationship between building density and comfort and the quality index of the living environment. The main directions of fundamental research in the fi eld of architecture, aimed at the development of new types of buildings, are touched upon. The emphasis is made on the methods of using high-rise buildings for the humanization of the urban environment and the formation of a modern “compact city”.

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Analysis of Characteristics and Design Key Points of Water Supply and Drainage Engineering for Fire Control in High-rise Buildings

Journal of Architectural Research and Development ◽

10.26689/jard.v1i2.129 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Liu Weijie

Keyword(s):

Water Supply ◽

Relative Density ◽

Safety Index ◽

Fire Control ◽

High Rise ◽

Quality Of Water ◽

Key Points ◽

Property Loss

Nowadaysï¼Œour country has a relative density of population, so once a fire occursÂ inÂ theÂ building, personnelÂ evacuationÂ is more difficult. Since fire and water have no mercy and the fire spreads quickly, it will endanger peopleâ€™s life and property safety if unable to fully guarantee the quality of water supply and drainage for fire control. Scientific and rational water supply and drainageÂ systemÂ forÂ fire controlÂ canÂ effectively increase the efficiency and speed of fire rescue, reduce peopleâ€™s property loss and improveÂ theÂ residential safety index of the building itself. In view of this, this paper mainly analyzes the characteristics and design key points of water supply and drainage engineering for fireÂ controlÂ inÂ high-rise buildings.Â

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Design for Disassembly and the rehabilitation of public housing stock. A case study

TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment ◽

10.36253/techne-10596 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 181-191

Author(s):

Lidia Errante ◽

Alberto De Capua

Keyword(s):

Public Housing ◽

Design Research ◽

Housing Stock ◽

Design For Disassembly ◽

Sustainable Building ◽

The Public ◽

Principles Of Design ◽

The One

This contribution presents the meta-design research scenario of the sustainable building redevelopment of the INA Casa “Sbarre Inferiori” district in Reggio Calabria based on a twofold reflection. On the one hand, the transformative potential, both technological and formal, of the public housing stock created under the INA Casa Plan. On the other, the extension of the life cycle of the buildings and the improvement of the spatial quality of the housing according to a circular, low-tech and ecological approach. The result is an abacus of technological additions in bio-xlam conceived according to the principles of Design for Disassembly, which allows the reuse of the modules in new spatial and functional configurations, and the remanufacturing and recycling of the elements at the end of their life.

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