Exploring the Nature of Third Places and Local Social Ties in High-Density Areas: The Case of a Large Mixed-Use Complex

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sian Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Ties ◽  
High Density ◽  
Third Places ◽  
Mixed Use

Suburban Networks and Urban Villages: Community and the Built Environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Dotson
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Coarse Graining ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Third Places ◽  
Jane Jacobs ◽  
Suburban Sprawl ◽  
Ray Oldenburg

This chapter interrogates the built environment with respect to its compatibility with thick community. Echoing and extending the analyses of Jane Jacobs and Ray Oldenburg, it is argued that much of the urban environment in technological societies – from suburban sprawl to urban renewal high rises – effectively legislates that citizens live as networked individuals. Not only does the coarse graining of these spaces functionally segregate different facets of everyday life, they ensure that social ties are diffuse and single-threaded. Their lack of appropriate density and walkable amenities limits serendipitous interactions and other activities that support the growth of place-based social connection. Moreover, their poor affordances for “third places” such as pubs and cafes limits the sociability of most neighborhoods. Finally, the governance structures of most areas is either weakly democratic, unable to support constructive ways of working through conflict, or not scaled so as to match the physical boundaries of urban communities.

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Ardila Azmi ◽  
Mariana Mohamed Osman ◽  
Noor Suzilawati Rabe ◽  
Nuranisa Huda Ramlan ◽  
Ainina Azizan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
High Density ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Land Use Development

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is an emerging concept to optimise the land use development surrounding a transit station and to create a reliable relationship between a densely compact urban form and high public transportation ridership. In Malaysia, the concept of TOD was initiated in the first National Physical Plan in 2005 and mentioned again in National Physical Plan 2 in 2010. This paper identifies the principle of TOD applied in Malaysia and other countries, and discusses the differences and similarities of the TOD practices using comparative analysis and document analysis methods. Findings of this study indicate that mixed-use development, high density, intensity and connectivity are the main TOD principles adopted in Malaysia and other countries around the globe. The current policy and practises of these countries tend to focus more on the better management and increase ridership of these transit rail stations, including ways to encourage users to shift from private vehicles to public transportation. The findings of this study would contribute towards policy decisions and practices of TOD in Malaysia.

A High Density Open Building Studio Project for Hong Kong

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-41
Author(s):  
Christiane M. Herr ◽  
A. Scott Howe
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
High Density ◽  
Small Individual ◽  
Residential Architecture ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Rule Sets ◽  
New Type ◽  
The University

Constrained by requirements of efficiency and economy as well as tight building regulations, Hong Kong's high-density residential architecture is very different from architectural approaches that are typically taught in the architectural studio. This paper reports on a second year architectural studio project taught at The University of Hong Kong that uses the Open Building paradigm to integrate the constraints of a high-density environment, community considerations and building technology in the context of a mixed use programme to be constructed on small individual lots. Following a series of short introductory exercises, the main studio assignment required groups of students to negotiate the design of individual projects and community areas within a given generic structural frame. Based on their individual design ideas and architectural programme, students developed a structural solution following a kit-of-parts approach. We describe the tasks and rule sets given as the studio framework and discuss students' response to this new type of architectural programme. Based on our experiences, we critically review initial studio settings, final outcomes and observations made during the teaching and learning process with regard to future implementations of similar open building studio projects.

Research on the Low-Carbon Land Use Pattern

2012 ◽  
Vol 598 ◽  
pp. 241-246
Author(s):  
Ya Li Luo ◽  
Chang Xin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
High Density ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Land Use Pattern ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Use Pattern ◽  
The City

The paper firstly analyzed the carbon emissions effect of the city land use. Then it put forward the high density compact land use pattern is consistent with low-carbon developing goal. Finally, the paper systematically expounded the connotation of the low-carbon high density compact mixed use, and discussed the basic forms of low-carbon land use pattern, such as the giant single building, buildings on the same platform, new units model on the community scale etc..

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