The Urban Housing Handbook
2. Edition August 2023
400 Pages, Hardcover
Handbook/Reference Book
THE URBAN HOUSING HANDBOOK
An insightful and revealing look at the intersection of housing and urban design
In the newly revised Second Edition of The Urban Housing Handbook, Eric Firley and Victor Deupi deliver a vital design and analysis tool for housing practitioners, students, and researchers. The book outlines the characteristics of 30 of the most notable housing types from around the world, studied against a background of increasing densification.
Each of the 30 chapters includes a fully-explored tradi tional example followed by one or two contemporary projects of similar spatial configuration that address changing trends in architecture and urban design.
For this latest edition all contemporary examples have been updated and are now presented on two full spreads per chapter.
Other features include:
* A rigorous analytical method that classifies the types according to four main categories (courtyard houses, row houses, compounds and apartment buildings)
* A thorough introduction to the relationship between an individual housing unit and the urban fabric that it creates through repetition
* A strong focus on dense metropolitan projects from around the world
* A set of key figures that translate visual information into metrics
* Unique, original drawings of illustrated housing accompanied by aerial and street-level context photos
Conceived for architects and urban designers, The Urban Housing Handbook is also an ideal resource for urban planners, housing developers, builders, and housing trust professionals.
xii Introduction to the First Edition
2 Siheyuan (Beijing)
10 From Courtyard to Community: No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong
12 Community Re-Building: True North Housing Complex
14 Casa Chorizo (Buenos Aires)
22 A Habitat of Playful Housing: Zamudio 4764-68
24 Perforated to Perfection: Iturbide Studio
26 Patio House (Quito)
34 Space for Meditation: Ruang Tekuni Apartments
38 Dar (Marrakesh)
46 Rethinking Density: Niamey 2000 Housing
48 Monastic Living: Zen House
50 Machiya (Kyoto)
58 Floating Sub-Platform: House in Chau Doc
62 Mini House (Tokyo)
68 Conquering Perceptions: R Micro Housing
70 Living Modestly: Maison T
72 Tower House (Sana'a)
80 Micro-Regeneration: Mengsheng House Renovation
84 Villa Quadruple (Mulhouse)
92 Pin-Wheel Privacy: 360º Building
96 Chinese Shophouse (Singapore)
104 Louvered Facade: Townhouse with a Folding-Up Shutter
108 Front Garden House (Paris)
116 New Options for Urban Living: Rain Garden Apartments
118 Live-Work Urbanism: East Howard Place
120 Terrace House (London)
130 From Synthesis to Variation: Rochester Way
134 Longtang House (Shanghai)
142 The Luxury of Privacy: L_61 Apartments
146 Cité (Santiago De Chile)
154 Interlocking Density: Blue Water Workforce Housing
158 Courtyards and Passages (Paris)
166 The Sobriety of Buildings: Social Housing
170 Garden Courtyard Block (Rome)
178 The Eternal Courtyard: Plaza la Reina
182 Terrassen (Hamburg)
190 Pinch-Point Amenities: Dillon 617 Housing
194 Pol House (Ahmedabad)
202 A Seed for Catalyzing Change: Caledonian Somosaguas
206 Würfelhaus (Dresden)
214 Return to Order: Cube House
218 SoBe Walk-Up Apartments (Miami beach)
226 Strange Making: Carrizal Housing
230 Courtyards (Chicago)
238 Heterogeneous Fabric: Maiengasse Residential Development
242 Megablock (Copenhagen)
250 Downsizing the Block: City Center
254 Casa de Blocco (Genoa)
262 Helping People to Help Themselves: "More than Housing" Cooperative
266 Zinshaus (Budapest)
274 Living Toward the Interior: Casa Jardín Escandón
278 Wohnburg (Hamburg)
286 Meandering: Weltpostpark Housing
288 Rambling Green: Prado Concorde Apartments
290 Berlage-block (Amsterdam)
298 Paradoxical Living: McGrath Road Housing
302 Plex House (Montreal)
310 Emphasizing the Corner: Village WVW
314 Mietskaserne (Berlin)
322 Intertwined Courtyards: Theresienstraße Development
326 Post-Haussmannien House (Paris)
334 Stone Building: 027 OBK
336 Stick Building: Nordre Gate, Alliance Architecture Studio
338 Casa de Renta (Barcelona)
346 Louvered Living: Apartment Building for Four Friends
350 Apartment Tower (New york city)
358 A Living Organism: Vertical Itaim Building
360 Stretched Wide: Marlowe Apartments
362 Figure Ground Comparisons
368 Process Comparison Table
369 Density Comparison Table
370 Bibliography
374 Index
Victor Deupi is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Miami School of Architecture. His research focuses on the Early Modern Spanish and Ibero-American world, mid-20th-century Cuba, and contemporary architecture. The author of several books, Dr. Deupi was also the President (2016-2018) of the CINTAS Foundation dedicated to promoting Cuban art and culture.
