SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN An Environmental Approach

Description

By the end of the 21st Century it is thought that three-quarters of the world’s population will be urban; our future is in cities. Making these cities healthy, vibrant and sustainable is an exceptional challenge which this book addresses. It sets out some of the basic principles of the design of our future cities and, through a series of carefully-selected case studies from leading designers’ experience, illustrates how these ideas can be put into practice.

Building on the first edition’s original format of design guidance and case studies, this new edition updates the ideas and techniques resulting from further research and practice by the contributors. This book emphasises the enormous progress made towards exciting new designs that integrate good design with resource efficiency.

CONTENTS

SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN CONCEPTS

• Urban Planning and design (Patrick Clarke)
• Transportation (Robert Thorne, William Filmer-Sankey & Anthony Alexander)
• Landscape and nature in the city (Chritina von Borcke)
• Building design (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie)
• Energy and information (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie)
• Materials (Sarah Royse)
• Water (Randall Thomas & Adam Ritchie)
• Waste and resource (Adam Ritchie)
• Summary (Adam Ritchie)

Case Studies

• Coopers Road Estate Regeneraiton, Southwark, London (David Turrent)
• Parkmount: Streetscape and solar design (Richard Partington)
• Coin Street Housing: the architecture of engagement (Graham Haworth)
• Sustainable design in an urban context: three case studies (Alan Short)
• BEDzed: Beddington zero-fossil energy development (Bill Dunster)
• Bo01 and Flagghusen: Ecological city districts in Malmo, Sweden (Eva Dalman & Cecilia von Sceele)
• Stonebridge: Negotiating between traditional and modernist models of city housing (Chris Watson)
• ‘Made in Stockwell’ and Deptford Wharves (Katie Tonkinson & Adam Ritchie)
• Millennium Water: Vancouver’s Olympic Village, Canada (Rachel Moscovich)

241 pages / 22 x27,50 cm