ReNew Town
Title | ReNew Town PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Scott |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2013-02-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1136580301 |
ReNew Town puts forth an innovative vision of performative design and planning for low-carbon sustainable development, and illustrates practicable strategies for balancing environmental systems with urban infrastructure and new housing prototypes. To date, much of the discourse on the design of sustainable communities and ‘eco-cities’ has been premised on using previously undeveloped land. In contrast, this book and the project it showcases focus on the retrofitting and adaptation of an existing environment – a more common problem, given the extent of the world’s already-built infrastructure. Employing a ‘research through design’ model of inquiry, the book focuses on large-scale housing developments – especially those built around the world between the 1960s and the early 1980s – with the aim of understanding how best to reinvent them. At the center of the book is Tama New Town, a planned community outside Tokyo that faces a range of challenges, such as an aging population, the deterioration of homes and buildings, and economic stagnation. The book begins by outlining a series of principles that structure the ecological and energy goals for the community. It then develops prototypical solutions for designing, building and retrofitting neighborhoods. The intent is that these prototypes could be applied to similar urban conditions around the world. ReNew Town is the product of a collaborative design research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Architecture and Planning, and Japan’s Sekisui House LTD.
Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity
Title | Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 544 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | Massachusetts |
ISBN |
Abbott's Cyclopedic Digest
Title | Abbott's Cyclopedic Digest PDF eBook |
Author | Austin Abbott |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1132 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |
Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston
Title | Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston PDF eBook |
Author | Boston (Mass.). Registry Department |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | Local history |
ISBN |
Renewal of Town and Village II
Title | Renewal of Town and Village II PDF eBook |
Author | International Union of Local Authorities |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 90 |
Release | 2013-12-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9401771235 |
Compiled Statutes of New Jersey: Reports - Young men's Christian associations
Title | Compiled Statutes of New Jersey: Reports - Young men's Christian associations PDF eBook |
Author | New Jersey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1528 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Statutes of New Jersey Concerning Municipal Corporations, in Force January 1st, A.D. 1887
Title | Statutes of New Jersey Concerning Municipal Corporations, in Force January 1st, A.D. 1887 PDF eBook |
Author | New Jersey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1887 |
Genre | |
ISBN |