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ReNew Town: Adaptive Urbanism and the Low Carbon Community book cover

1st Edition

ReNew Town Adaptive Urbanism and the Low Carbon Community

By Andrew Scott, Eran Ben-Joseph Copyright 2012
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Part 1: Sustainable Initiatives  1. Research in Context  2. Assumptions  Part 2: Concepts  3. Tama New Town  4. Initial Survey + Preliminary Propositions  5. Abstractions + Typologies  Part 3: Applied Prototypes  6. Measuring Performance: Infrastructures  7. Site Concepts 8. Low Density Prototypes  9. Medium Density Prototypes  10. High Density Prototypes  11. Future Directions  Appendix: Carbon Calculations

Biography

Andrew Scott is an international Architect, Professor, and Director of the Professional Program in Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Eran Ben-Joseph is a Landscape Architect, Professor, and Head of the Joint Program in City Design and Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"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. It is a useful text book and urban design reference for architects, strategic decision makers, scholars, urban designers, city planners and those concerned with social and housing studies."— Lonaard, Issue 13, Volume 3, January 2013

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