Main entry:

Why Factory, author.

Title & Author:

Towers of choices : Hong Kong housing beyond uniformity / by The Why Factory: Winy Maas and Tihamér Salij with Martine Vledder [and five others].

Publication:

Rotterdam, NL : Nai010 Publishers, [2019]
©2019

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portrait ; 21 cm

Series:

Future cities series ; 12

Notes:
Cover title.
"The publication stems from a series of studios hosted at Hong Kong University that examined Hong Kong's existing housing stock and its relation to building regulations"--Back cover.
"Towers of Choices is the twelfth book in The Why Factory's Future Cities Series"--Back cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rethinking Hong Kong housing typologies / Weijen Wang -- Make your tower! / Winy Maas -- State of housing in Hong Kong / Tihamér Salij -- What do the media say? -- A brief history of the buildings ordinance and tower typologies in Hong Kong / Tris Kee -- Mega-housing form in new towns of Hong Kong / Weijen Wang and Ryo Fujimori -- Design constraints on residential space, and a possible breakthrough / Wah Sang Wong -- Diversifying housing in Hong Kong / Tihamér Salij -- The typical Hong Kong apartment -- Specializing apartments -- Tower scoring system : measuring apartment qualities -- How does the uniform residential tower with typical apartments score? -- How do uniform towers with specialized apartments score? -- How do towers with mixed specialized apartments score? -- Studio 1 exhibition models -- How do towers with specialized apartments and public programme score? -- Studio 2 exhibition models -- Epilogue : flexible regulations may lead to more choice / Martine Vledder.

Summary:

How can Hong Kong's housing development escape its unrelenting uniformity? How might architects and developers bypass strict planning and building regulations? How might they add more value by creative design? How might they realize innovative and attractive housing towers, towers that would radically change Hong Kong? Hong Kong's notoriously strict building regulations impose a relentless uniformity on the city. This book aims to propose new indicators to achieve a proper balance between population density and quality of life. By testing the current Hong Kong housing regulations and exploring new indicators with which Hong Kong's quality of housing can be improved, it explores various concepts for housing towers beyond the current uniformity.

ISBN:

9789462083745 (paperback)
9462083746 (paperback)

Subject:

High-rise apartment buildings China Hong Kong History 21st century Designs and plans.
Apartment houses China Hong Kong History 21st century Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic Law and legislation China Hong Kong.
Dwellings Law and legislation China Hong Kong.
Towers China Hong Kong History 21st century Designs and plans.
Immeubles d'habitation en hauteur Chine Hongkong Histoire 21e siècle Dessins et plans.
High-rise apartment buildings
Dwellings Law and legislation
Architecture, Domestic Law and legislation
Apartment houses
Architecture
Buildings
Towers
Architecture China Hong Kong History Designs and plans.
Towers China Hong Kong.
Housing China Hong Kong.
Architecture, Domestic China Hong Kong.
Apartment houses China Hong Kong.
Apartment houses Designs and plans.
High-rise apartment buildings China Hong Kong Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic China Hong Kong Designs and plans.
Building laws China Hong Kong
Hong Kong (China) Buildings, structures, etc. Designs and plans.
China Hong Kong

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
History
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Maas, Winy, 1959- author.
Salij, Tihamér Hazarja, author.
Vledder, Martine, author.
Salij, Tihamér Hazarja author.
Why Factory author.
Future cities series ; 12.

Hong Kong housing beyond uniformity

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307352
Call No.: BIB 252841
Status: Available