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HT166 .S56 2019 | ชื่อเรื่อง |
Soft city : building density for everyday life / David Sim | ผู้แต่ง |
Sim, David (Creative director), author | ISBN |
9781642830187 | พิมพลักษณ์ |
Washington ; Covelo ; London : Island Press, [2019] | รูปเล่ม |
xv, 235 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm | หมายเหตุ |
Foreword by Jan Gehl | หมายเหตุ |
Contents: Foreword/Jan Gehl -- Preface -- Introduction -- BeingNeighbors -- Building Blocks living locally in an urbanizing world -- The Time of Your Life -- Getting Aboutand Getting On in a congested and segregated world -- Layering Life -- Living with the Weather in a time of climate change -- Soft is Hard to Break -- Nine Criteria for livable urban density -- Notes | หมายเหตุ |
Summary: Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confidence that you will get where you need to go quickly and efficiently. Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relationships, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life. How do we move from the current reality in most cites--separated uses and lengthy commutes in single-occupancy vehicles that drain human, environmental,and community resources--to support a soft city approach? In Soft City David Sim, partner and creative director at Gehl, shows how this is possible, presenting ideas and graphic examples from around the globe. He draws from his vast design experience to make a case for a dense and diverse built environment at a human scale, which he presents through a series of observations of older and newer places, and a range of simple built phenomena, some traditional and some totally new inventions. Sim shows that increasing density is not enough. The soft city must consider the organization and layout of the built environment for more fluid movement and comfort, a diversity of building types, and thoughtful design to ensure a sustainable urban environment and society. Soft City begins with the big ideas of happiness and quality oflife, and then shows how they are tied to the way we live.The heart of the book is highly visual and shows the building blocks for neighborhoods: building types and their organization and orientation; how we can get along as we get around a city; and living with the weather. As every citizen deals with the reality of a changing climate,Soft City explores how the built environment can adapt andrespond. Soft City offers inspiration, ideas, and guidancefor anyone interested in city building. Sim shows how to make any city more efficient, more livable, and better connected to the environment^"-- Publisher^'s website | หัวเรื่อง |
City planning | หัวเรื่อง |
Urban density | หัวเรื่อง |
Land use, Urban |
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