50 Housing Floor Plans. a+t cards (2)
50 HYBRID BUILDINGS (2)
50 URBAN BLOCKS 2. a+t Cards (1)
50 Urban Blocks. a+t Cards (6)
a+t 08. Low Cost (1)
a+t 09. Low Tech (1)
a+t 11. Layers (4)
a+t 12. Housing and Flexibility I (9)
a+t 13. Housing and Flexibility (4)
a+t 14. Sensitive Materials I (4)
a+t 15. Sensitive Materials II (3)
a+t 16. Memory I (1)
a+t 17. Memory II (1)
a+t 18. Tony Fretton (1)
a+t 19. Density I (5)
a+t 20. Density II (5)
a+t 21. Densidad III (5)
a+t 22. Densidad IV (9)
a+t 23. New Materiality I (4)
a+t 24. New Materiality II (5)
a+t 25. In Common I (1)
a+t 26. In Common II (3)
a+t 27. In Common III (4)
a+t 28. In Common IV (0)
a+t 29. Civilities I (10)
a+t 30. Civilities II (9)
a+t 31. HYBRIDS I (18)
a+t 32. HYBRIDS II (21)
a+t 33-34. HYBRIDS III (35)
a+t 35-36. STRATEGY PUBLIC (41)
a+t 37. STRATEGY SPACE (25)
a+t 38 Strategy and Tactics in Public Space (27)
a+t 39-40 RECLAIM (83)
a+t 41 RECLAIM Domestic Actions (46)
a+t 42 RECLAIM Domestic Actions 2 (38)
a+t 43 WORKFORCE A Better Place to Work (31)
a+t 44 WORKFORCE A Better Place to Work 2 (26)
a+t 45 SOLID Design Techniques (18)
a+t 46 SOLID Organization or Design? (10)
a+t 47 SOLID Interior Matters (2)
a+t 48 Generators, Linkers, Mixers & Storytellers (10)
a+t 49 Dwelling Mixers (6)
a+t 50 Learning Systems (6)
a+t 51. Activators (5)
a+t 52 Paradises (6)
a+t 53 IS THIS RURAL? ARCHITECTURE MARKERS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE (1)
a+t 54Culturing the Country, Cultivating the City (1)
a+t 55. The Intermediate (1)
a+t 56 The Ideterminacy of the Floor Plan (1)
a+t 57 THE EXPERIENCE OF EXTERIORITY (1)
a+t 58 THE CHALLENGE OF PRIVACY IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING (1)
a+t 59 The interaction within the Living Space (1)
a+t Online Library (1)
Why Density? (0)
BEFORE IS BEFORE (1)
DBOOK (74)
Density condensed (7)
DENSITY IS HOME (71)
Density projects (44)
Japan Diaries (18)
Form&Data. Collective Housing Projects (32)
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Density Housing Construction & Costs (62)
The Office on the Grass (5)
MIES VAN DER ROHE. THE COLLECTIVE HOUSING COLLECTION (1)
NEXT. COLLECTIVE HOUSING in progress (44)
Rashomon (4)
GENEROSITY SERIES (3)
Strategy Series (1)
THE PUBLIC CHANCE (51)
This is Hybrid (45)
Why Density? (19)
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Article written by Martin Musiatowicz
For over two decades something has been stirring on Melbourne’s water’s edge. Ever since the setting out of Melbourne’s city grid in 1837, which was aligned to the Yarra River at the meeting point of the salt waters of Port Philip Bay and the freshwater of the river, the city has been denied direct access to the water.
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Article written by Carlos García Vázquez
Public space and contemporary urban logic
Literature specializing in urban studies has for over a decade now been tackling a phenomenon that is radically altering the way we perceive and live in our cities: the crisis of public space.
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