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The illustration of the elephant is a reference to the issue of the relationship between support structure and form. This interior system is known to exist yet we are not always aware of its material nature.

FORM&DATA includes an anatomical review of 20 collective housing projects, which gives an insight into the real relationship between form and internal organs to find the true location of the soul of each building.

a+t research group continues along the route first taken with WHY DENSITY?, a set of tools in order to build the dense city. FORM&DATA applies the concepts included in it to analyze graphically collective housing projects, built between 2013 and 2016. They both form The Elephant Pack.

Elements extracted from the projects:

• Urban form
• Concept
• Data (land occupation, location)
• Hard performances (insertion in the grid, shared space, public space, circulation, uses…)
• Plans, elevations and sections

Moreover, FORM&DATA includes a chapter of 23 pages that compares and relates the projects.

FORM&DATA and WHY DENSITY? are the most recent publications of the Density series, which became a reference for publications about collective housing worldwide.

PROJECTS PUBLISHED IN FORM&DATA:

01 COPPER LANE CO-HOUSING HENLEY HALEBROWN RORRISON ARCHITECS
02 CARMEL PLACE nARCHITECTS
03 33 HOUSING UNITS BRUTHER
04 SL11024 LORCAN O’HERLIHY ARCHITECTS
05 EPPAN HOUSING feld72
06 TERRES NEUVES URBAN MASTER PLAN TANIA CONCKO ARCHITECTS & URBANISTS
06a BEGLES TERRES NEUVES LOT B1 TANIA CONCKO ARCHITECTS & URBANISTS
06b CARRÉ LUMIÈRE LAN
07 COSLADA HYBRID COMPLEX AMANN CÁNOVAS MARURI
08 HOME BUILDING HAMONIC + MASSON & ASSOCIÉS, COMTE VOLLENWEIDER
09 ESCHERPARK E2A
10 THE CARVE a-lab
11 HOUSING BASSINS À FLOT AGENCE 
NICOLAS MICHELIN & ASSOCIÉS
12 KING'S CROSS CENTRAL R5 MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECS
13 EUROPAALLÉE BAUFELD E CARUSO ST JOHN - BOSSHARD VAQUER ARCHITECTS
14 EUROPAN 06 FICKEYSSTRASSE PPAG ARCHITECTS
15 HOUSING amRIETPARK, BUILDING SITE C EM2N
16 TIMMERHUIS OMA
17 HUNZIKER AREAL URBAN MASTER PLAN DUPLEX ARCHITEKTEN WITH FUTURAFROSCH
17a HUNZIKER AREAL HOUSE A DUPLEX ARCHITEKTEN
17d HUNZIKER AREAL HOUSE D MÜLLER SIGRIST ARCHITEKTEN
17g HUNZIKER AREAL HOUSE G POOL ARCHITEKTEN
17k HUNZIKER AREAL HOUSE K ARCHITEKTURBÜRO MIROSLAV ŠIK
18 VIA AT WEST 57TH ST BIG
19 TRANSFORMATION OF ENTREPOT MACDONALD OMA, FAA+XDGA
19a ENTREPOT MACDONALD LOT S2 ATELIER D`ARCHITECTURE BRENAC & GONZALEZ & ASSOCIES
20 THE INTERLACE OMA/OLE SCHEEREN

"The research group at a+t continues its tradition of excellent project documentation with this collection of twenty collective housing projects. The approach here is anatomy (hence the x-ray elephant on the cover), so each project is documented with, in addition to the usual photos and plans, isometrics that peel away the walls to look within. Color coding enables the different parts of the isometrics to be grasped easily, while side-by-side diagrams at the back of the book allow different criteria (size and land use) to be compared easily. As in other a+t titles, the projects are primarily in Europe, where collective housing is very important, though it does include nARCHITECTS' Carmel Place in New York and OMA/Ole Scheeren's Interlace in Singapore, among other non-European projects". John Hill, Archidose.