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Catalogue of urban forms. Hybrid urban block

Extract from the book Why Density? Debunking the myth of the cubic watermelon

May 14, 2015

Catalogue of urban forms. Hybrid urban block

1. Access to the public car park 2. Communal garden and playground 3. Community facilities building 4. Townhouses 5. Duplex penthouses

The dwellings are arranged around an open courtyard, a hollow square, which allows communal space to be maximised in the form of a large landscaped garden with play area, bounded on three sides by residential accommodation and, on the fourth side, by a community facilities building.

Iroko housing
HAWORTH TOMPKINS
London (United Kingdom) 2002

Plot area: 7,672 m2
Floor Area: 6,390 m2
Coverage: 0.31
Floor Area Ratio: 0.83
Dwellings: 59
Parking places: 287
Other uses: facilities, public car park

 

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