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This project of dwellings is inserted into the Barcode plan, designed in 2003 by a-lab in partnership with MVRDV for the new Bjorvika district. The plan proposes a distance between the volumes oscillating between 10 and 15 m, for heights ranging from 50 to 60 m, which obliges the buildings to be sculpted to let in sunlight. The architects justify the fragmentation of the area into long narrow plots arguin.
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One of the guidelines for the master plan was the requirement to clearly define three elements on the facade: the plinth, with a height of 4.5 m, the main body and the roof. Another of the requirements was to remove between 10 and 12% of the envelope, by incorporating balconies and terraces in order to compensate for the depth of the bay. Müller Sigrist improves on the regula.
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50 Urban Blocks is the first in a collection of flash cards aimed to simplify architectural design. This first set of cards contains 50 new examples of how to design a block, how to organize space and ultimately how to build the city.

The Gruyere Urban Block is the card number 27 of the set. Its floor area ratio - relationship between gross floor area and the total area of the site - is 2.03 (moderate density) and the coverage - relationship between covered area and the total area of .
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This volume by Duplex Architekten is characterized for its shared housing programme. The floor plan type clearly differentiates the communal cooking and rest spaces, which are open, from the private spaces, bunched around closed volumes.

It forms part of the proposal for a compact dense city of (more...)