Models

 An attempt to show how a block could look like following simple rules



Research of one shift - 4,2 - line


Research of one shift - 4,2 - compact



Research of two shifts - 2,2,2 - line


Research of two shifts - 2,2,2 - compact



Research of one shifts - 2,4,2 - line

Research of one shifts - 2,4,2 - compact

High rises

Ups and downs of high-rise living

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/jan/18/urbandesign.housingpolicy

Point and counterpoints for High-rises

http://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/politics-economics/house-would-build-high-rises-housing

High-rise living – sustainable or not? _

http://www.thefifthestate.com.au/archives/20345


The environmental and social problems of high rise buildings
http://sustainabilityproblems.wikispaces.com/marcszar_matrix_pt1_highrises

audio_urban thinkers
http://kunstlercast.com/shows/KunstlerCast_83_Jane_Jacobs.html

http://kunstlercast.com/shows/KunstlerCast_84_Urban_Thinkers.html

Housing in Hong Kong

Kings cube

Hazardous housing


24 rooms in 1


Housing Crisis Hope for Hong Kong's Poor


Hong Kong's Cage Men



Kowloon walled city






Small dwellings


LINKS:
http://blogs.wsj.com/exchange/2011/07/20/how-unaffordable-is-hong-kong-housing/tab/comments/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2084971/Hong-Kongs-cage-homes-Tens-thousands-living-6ft-2ft-rabbit-hutches.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303661904576452982242744572.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments
http://www.arkinet.com/articles/hong-kongs-cage-homes
http://www.crimetalk.org.uk/library/section-list/38-frontpage-articles/570-cage-homes-in-hong-kong.html
http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/47973/scavenging-for-a-pension.html
http://macromon.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/hong-kongs-growing-incomewealth-gap/

Double Stuffed Skyscraper

http://www.evolo.us/competition/double-stuffed-skyscraper-scale-vs-size/

Tina End of Term 2 Presentation

Tina's Term 2 Process Work

LINKS

 continuously updated.....

http://www.uli.org/~/media/Documents/ResearchAndPublications/Reports/Ten-Principles-forA-Sustainable-Approach-to-New-Development.ashx

http://www.house-design-coffee.com/human-scale.html 

http://urban-age.net/media/objects/articles/living-at-density/

Principles of True Urbanism

http://www.livablecities.org/articles/principles-true-urbanism

Asia Today: Hong Kong's Housing Problem; Myanmar

http://online.wsj.com/video/92DCD134-99AF-4804-8EF2-0B6638F52EDB.html

Polikatoikea, by the designers Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares

http://www.architecturelover.com/2012/03/polikatoikea-origami-ideas-competition/

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/30/view/18853/polikatoikea-by-filipe-magalhaes-and-ana-luisa-soares.html 

http://www.archdaily.com/202283/polikatoikea-filipe-magalhaes-and-ana-luisa-soares/


http://umfilipequalquer.com/polikatoikea

prefab blox home by M3house + UAO creations

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/19660/prefab-blox-home-by-m3house-uao-creations.html 

piet hein eek: the roof - minerva harbor, amsterdam

 

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/19718/piet-hein-eek-the-roof-minerva-harbor-amsterdam.html  

 

'pile up' house concept by hans zwimpfer

 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1eW9nR/www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/4290/pile-up-house-concept-by-hans-zwimpfer.html/ 

 

 

Folding Concrete?! Flat-Pack Building Blocks of the Future

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2dxEZt/dornob.com/folding-concrete-flat-pack-building-blocks-of-the-future/

 

Flight Assembled Architecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnkMyfQ5YfY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

EMERGENT-TECHNOLOGIES from aa

http://pr2011.aaschool.ac.uk/units/EMERGENT-TECHNOLOGIES 

 

Sun Shelter Pavilion, Frank Rice Safehaven

http://www.designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content_custom&view=article&id=786:zip-shelter&catid=46:finalists-2005&Itemid=18&Itemid=18

 

Zip-Shelter

http://www.designtoimprovelife.dk/index.php?option=com_content_custom&view=article&id=786:zip-shelter&catid=46:finalists-2005&Itemid=18&Itemid=18

 

Stigmergy Simulation

 http://yangchenghan.com/applet/stigsim.html

 

Exploration-architecture

 

  

http://www.exploration-architecture.com/

Inhabitat

http://inhabitat.com/architecture/

 

Bio-Mimicry

http://biomimicry.net/