Dense and green innovative building types for sustainable urban architecture

The growth of cities is all about people. The accelerating trend of people moving to cities to seek employment, raise a family, find a better life and future is unstoppable. UN statistics predict that in 2030, 60% of the world’s population or 4.9 billion people will be urban, and by 2025 there will be 35 megacities in the world compared to 22 in 2011.

One of the leading challenges for architects and urban planners today is how to deal with density—density that comes from the natural increase of population and density that comes from migration, both internal and external. We have seen cities in developed regions that must address the task of creating a congenial environment, designing for the diverse demands of a larger population that wants the best of city life and aspires to the best of living close to nature. In developing regions, cities have to design, plan, and build to house a population that is urbanizing at exceptional speed, which means dealing with overwhelming numbers and yet provide a liveable environment.

Table of Contents

Dense + Green Agendas

The Dense and Green Paradigm

Dense and Green Technologies

Blue-Green Infrastructures for Buildings and Liveable Cities

Biological Functionalities of Green

Green Urbanism Models of a Dense and Green Urban Context

Dense and Green Building Typologies

Institutional

Regional Chamber of Commerce

and Industry of Picardie

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

School of the Arts

Nanyang Technological University

Learning Hub

Office

Ministry for Urban Development and the Environment

Phare Tower Project

Federal Environment Agency

Solaris

National University Health System Tower Block

Residential

Mountain Dwellings

Vertical Garden House

Via Verde

Newton Suites

The Interlace

The Amager Bakke

Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant Support Facility

Transbay Transit Center

Changi Airport Terminal 3

Mixed Use

Urban Mountain

Maquinnext

One Central Park

Oasia Downtown

South Beach Road

Dense + Green Practice Reports

Foster + Partners Practice Report

MVRDV Practice Report

WOHA Practice Report

R. Hamzah & Yeang Practice Report Dense + Green Future

Future Trajectories