From Back-yards to Stacked-yards: An Alternative High-Rise Housing Model

<p>Current intensified housing is not perceived by New Zealanders as desirable... Critiques are extensive and the loss of quality, private, outdoor space is decidedly felt. Densification is one of the solutions to our housing shortage and the needs of our increasingly diverse population. Densification has already been set in motion by local councils, but consumer uptake is too slow. Public perception is tarnished by stigma which is reinforced by the repeated failures of the developer-driven apartment market. This calls for new typologies of high-density housing to increase diversity and compatibility. Back-yards to Stack-yards investigates how to improve the design of dense, urban housing typologies for the New Zealand context. This thesis aims to address the most common local critique of apartment living: the lack the failure to provide and support an inviting sense of the outdoors. Outdoor space of all ownership types contributes positively to the dwelling environment. The backyard is identified as a benchmark for enriching the dwelling, providing an array of beneficial affordances. Key are the notions of the quiet sanctuary and the outdoor room that can be completely personalised. This thesis primarily follows a design-led, research method where major learnings are extracted through critical reflections. A strong understanding of resident experience is required and is deduced through an ongoing, in-depth literature review and critical case study analyses. Understanding the resident experience provides key insights into what is lacking from common apartments at a human scale, as well as strategies for improvement. The focus is on the relations, effects and affordances of the amenities and spaces, rather than the typical, simplistic itemisation, allowing for a better breakdown and reconfiguration of factors. Possible solutions and strategies were tested on a central-city fringe site in Wellington. This is a zone where dense, residential development and re-development is already taking place due to population growth. The design outcome is a high-rise multi-unit development. It demonstrates the rich possibilities of a high-rise design with a range of outdoor and shared spaces as well as improved opportunities for personalisation and flexibility.</p>

From Back-yards to Stacked-yards: An Alternative High-Rise Housing Model

<p>Current intensified housing is not perceived by New Zealanders as desirable... Critiques are extensive and the loss of quality, private, outdoor space is decidedly felt. Densification is one of the solutions to our housing shortage and the needs of our increasingly diverse population. Densification has already been set in motion by local councils, but consumer uptake is too slow. Public perception is tarnished by stigma which is reinforced by the repeated failures of the developer-driven apartment market. This calls for new typologies of high-density housing to increase diversity and compatibility. Back-yards to Stack-yards investigates how to improve the design of dense, urban housing typologies for the New Zealand context. This thesis aims to address the most common local critique of apartment living: the lack the failure to provide and support an inviting sense of the outdoors. Outdoor space of all ownership types contributes positively to the dwelling environment. The backyard is identified as a benchmark for enriching the dwelling, providing an array of beneficial affordances. Key are the notions of the quiet sanctuary and the outdoor room that can be completely personalised. This thesis primarily follows a design-led, research method where major learnings are extracted through critical reflections. A strong understanding of resident experience is required and is deduced through an ongoing, in-depth literature review and critical case study analyses. Understanding the resident experience provides key insights into what is lacking from common apartments at a human scale, as well as strategies for improvement. The focus is on the relations, effects and affordances of the amenities and spaces, rather than the typical, simplistic itemisation, allowing for a better breakdown and reconfiguration of factors. Possible solutions and strategies were tested on a central-city fringe site in Wellington. This is a zone where dense, residential development and re-development is already taking place due to population growth. The design outcome is a high-rise multi-unit development. It demonstrates the rich possibilities of a high-rise design with a range of outdoor and shared spaces as well as improved opportunities for personalisation and flexibility.</p>

PENDEKATAN PRAGMATIS DALAM PERANCANGAN PERUMAHAN TERPADU DI BINTARO

The future is a predictable yet uncertain period of time. Every human being in this world will always try any possible things to survive and try to make their existence real, this behavior is called dwelling. Architecture comes in form of buildings and space as a place for human to dwell. The way human dwell will always change following their environment and follow the development of technology. Technology has become the biggest driver in the change of human evolution, every sector of human life keeps revolving and try to adapt to the development of technology for hope of a better life. A city is one of the product of this evolution, a place considered modern and high-technology, but with the imbalance between the technology development, infrastructure, and human needs, a city also generate some problems. A city as an area also has an effective number of population density for it to work effectively. The more densely populated a city is, the bigger the need of a housing buildings. Because of the incapability to provide a proper and affordable housing in the city, the irregular housing development plan around the periphery of the city is spreading, causing a phenomenon called urban sprawl. The project Integrated Housing has a goal to transform the existing urban sprawl area to be more compact and effective. Through pragmatic approach, this project will be focusing on users’ needs, effective space used, and integrated programs which wil be achieved by analysing people’s needs and way of life today and tomorrow. Another goal is to also pay attention and to lessen the negative impact of urban sprawl to the environment to achieve a sustainable future. Keywords: Dwelling; Environment; Future; Technology; Urban sprawl.Abstrak Masa depan adalah bingkai waktu yang tidak pasti, namun dapat diprediksi. Setiap manusia yang hidup di dunia ini mencoba melakukan segala hal untuk dapat bertahan hidup dan mencoba membuat eksistensinya nyata, sikap ini juga disebut berhuni. Arsitektur hadir dalam bentuk bangunan atau ruang yang dirancang untuk mewadahi kegiatan berhuni manusia. Cara manusia berhuni selalu berubah mengikuti lingkungannya dan mengikuti perkembangan penemuan teknologi. Teknologi telah menjadi pendorong terbesar dalam perubahan evolusi manusia, segala sektor kehidupan terus berputar dan beradaptasi dengan teknologi demi mendapatkan kehidupan yang lebih mudah. Sebuah kota adalah hasil dari perkembangan evolusi manusia ini, sebuah tempat yang dianggap canggih dan modern, namun karena ketidakseimbangan antara perkembangan teknologi, infrastruktur, dan kebutuhan manusia, kota juga menimbulkan beberapa permasalahan. Kota sebagai sebuah area dengan batasan pengembangan memiliki sebuah batas kepadatan yang efektif untuk dihuni. Semakin padat, kebutuhan bangunan untuk tempat tinggal pun meningkat. Kota yang tidak mampu menyediakan tempat tinggal yang terjangkau dan layak pun mendorong terjadinya penyebaran pembangunan yang tidak tersusun ke daerah sekitar kota. Fenomena ini disebut juga sebagai urban sprawl. Perumahan Terpadu ini adalah proyek yang memiliki tujuan untuk mentransformasi area urban sprawl yang sudah ada menjadi area yang lebih kompak dan efektif guna. Dengan pendekatan pragmatis, proyek ini berfokus pada kebutuhan pengguna, efektivitas ruang dan integrasi antar fungsi yang akan dikembangkan dari hasil analisis kebutuhan dan cara hidup masyarakat saat ini dan prediksi kedepannya. Proyek ini juga mengedepankan keberlanjutan lingkungan dengan memperhatikan dampak yang dihasilkan terhadap lingkungan supaya tidak memperburuk kondisi saat ini.

Relationship between Mental Health and House Sharing: Evidence from Seoul

While the association between general housing and mental health has been well documented, little is known about the mental health outcomes of house sharing. As shared housing has been viewed as an economically and socially viable housing option for young adults, a broader understanding of how shared housing affects the residents’ quality of life, including mental health, is needed. In this context, this study aims to provide empirical evidence about the relationship between mental health and house sharing after controlling for residents’ self-selection. We conducted a survey of 834 young single adults living in shared housing and non-shared housing in Seoul, Korea. Then, to control for residential self-selection, we applied the residential dissonance framework. The main findings of this study were two-fold: first, house-sharers with a positive attitude toward shared housing were more likely to respond that their mental health status improved after they started residing in shared housing; second, if young adults are forced to live in shared housing, this could increase the potential risk of social dysfunction of house-sharers. Based on these findings, we suggest policy measures for shared housing, including pre-occupancy interviews, resident behavior codes, and fostering a livable dwelling environment to ensure a healthier life in shared living arrangements.

Actual Conditions of Mixed Public–Private Planning for Housing Complexes in Beijing

Mixed habitation environments have gradually proved to be an effective planning method to promote social integration in many countries. However, due to the differences in the social backgrounds of each country, it is essential to implement construction methods suitable for local conditions. On the other hand, the planning theories and construction methods discussed from multiple perspectives, including an architectural perspective of spatial forms, have been insufficient, which is not conducive to constructing a sustainable dwelling environment. This article aims to clarify the planning status of spatial forms and their issues by investigating existing projects with mixed habitation environments in China. Unlike other countries that have implemented relevant policies for many years, China has just begun to explore relevant schemes (i.e., public-rental housing in private-owned housing complexes) aiming to promote mixed habitation environments. The selected research objects included all projects already inhabited at the end of June 2017 in the city of Beijing. Through field survey, the research objects were divided into eight types via an analysis of building layouts and residents’ traffic lines. The results show that out of the many research objects, two kinds of housing were clearly distinctive, and only a few research objects matched the basic conditions to be defined as a mixed habitation. The conditions are not conducive to the formation of mixed habitation; therefore, a more detailed discussion on how to design a mixed habitation environment is necessary to aid further research.

ARTISTIC FEATURES OF PLANNING OF DWELLING INTERIOR

In the article the specifi c of decision of artistic problems of planning of dwelling interior opens up within the framework of opposition or adequacy of relations between an order and project; the ground of necessity of the stylistic program is given as one of factors of determination of algorithms of planning of dwelling interior taking into account mental fi lters and cultural potentials of customer and performer. Determination of term “ of контрастильность” is given as it applies to the choice of receptions of harmonization of dwelling environment. The choice of project strategy and methods of implementation of the stylistic program is off ered depending on qualifi catory the program of descriptions, spatial potential of initial situation and dualism of the put tasks

PERTIMBANGAN PENENTUAN LOKASI KAMPUNG VERTIKAL DI DAERAH TEPI SUNGAI PADA PERANCANGAN TAPAK YANG EKOLOGIS DI YOGYAKARTA

This research starts from the existence of slums in areas are not intended for settlement or has not been managed well by the government such as the riverside that established by low income people (MBR). slums in Yogyakarta give the negative impact that is declining quality of society and environment. Vertical village became one of the solutions the housing needs. Determination and processing of good location being the initial success of the dwelling environment. With inductive-descriptive method expected to results of this research provide direction or consideration in determining the location of flats as the basis for the design of vertical riverside village on ecological footprint design in Yogyakarta.Keywords : riverside, vertical village, housing, ecologicalAbstrak: Penelitian ini berawal dari keberadaan kawasan kumuh di wilayah-wilayah yang tidak diperuntukkan untuk hunian atau belum dikelola baik oleh pemerintah seperti di bantaran sungai yang didirikan oleh masyarakat berpenghasilan rendah (MBR). Terbentuknya kawasan kumuh di Yogyakarta memberikan dampak negatif yaitu menurunnya kualitas hidup dan sosial masyarakat serta lingkungan. Kampung vertikal menjadi salah satu solusi untuk pemenuhan kebutuhan hunian. Penentuan dan pengolahan lokasi yang baik menjadi awal keberhasilan lingkungan hunian. Dengan metode induktif deskriptif diharapkan hasil penelitian dapat memberikan arahan atau pertimbangan dalam penentuan lokasi rumah susun sebagai dasar perancangan kampung vertikal tepi sungai pada perancangan tapak yang ekologis di Yogyakarta.Kata kunci : bantaran sungai, kampung vertikal, hunian, ekologis