02477nam a22002417a 4500003000700000005001700007008004100024040001600065049002600081050002300107245006900130260002900199264000900228300001500237336002600252337002800278338002700306520170800333655002702041942001502068999001902083952013302102US-DLC20260205104241.0260205b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aaubengcau  aAlfaisal Main Library  aNA7523 b.C66 2021  a Compact courtyard housing : ba guide to an urban building type  aZürich,bTriest,c2021  c2021  a157 pages.  2rdacontentatextbtxt  2rdamediaaunmediatedbn  2rdacarrieravolumebnc  aThe courtyard house, a type of building that harks back thousands of years, is being reinterpreted as a module for high-density, heterogeneous urban districts. The Compact Courtyard House, generally with three closed exterior walls, takes up only very little space. With three to five storeys and up to four dwelling units, it can replace detached houses and even conventional residential buildings. The outside space that ordinary buildings need as spacing between each other is incorporated into Compact Courtyard Houses as high-quality courtyard space protected from outside viewing. Interior and exterior spaces can thus merge into a single spatial continuum with great utility value. Each flat has at least one such courtyard, as private as a bathroom. This resolves the dilemma of conventional types of construction in which density equals loss of privacy and stress caused by unwanted visibility. Going into great detail, the books present different types and variations for sites of different sizes and proportions. All can be readily combined to create urban ensembles and districts. Nevertheless, each building can remain largely autonomous on its own plot, thus ensuring a simple situation in terms of ownership. There are many possibilities of deploying this kind of building in the urban setting while only taking up little area: reidentification of existing residential areas, conversion of brownfield and leftover areas, new construction of mini-quarters and even larger urban districts. The book demonstrates the characteristics and extensive typologies of the Compact Courtyard House, providing planners with specific information and specifications for their work."--Publisher's website 0aPrint books.2local94  2lcccBOOKS  c608359d608359  00102lcc4070aAUbAUcGENd2026-02-05l0oNA7523  .C66 2021pAU00000000021195r2026-02-05 10:49:47v405.00w2026-02-05yBOOKS