Courtyard Houses : : A Housing Typology / / Günter Pfeifer, Per Brauneck.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Pfeifer, Günter,; Brauneck, Per,
• TeilnehmendeR: Engelmann, Usch.
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Typology --; The principle of combination --; Floor plan types --; Garden courtyard house Single storey North-south orientation --; Shared courtyard house Two storeys East-west orientation --; L-shaped house Two storeys East-west orientation --; Group of L-shaped houses Two storeys North-south orientation --; Patio house Single storey North-south orientation --; Atrium-type house Two storeys North-south orientation --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783764379247; 9783110635690; 9783110621129; 9783110238570; 9783110277135; 9783110318982; 9783110318906
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7924-7
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Günter Pfeifer, Per Brauneck.

This volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types—cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc. To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. A deeper understanding of the underlying types is indispensable for the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied in a wide variety of situations. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure. The first volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types - cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc. The second volume is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle - the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners - is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types. Within each type, variants are distinguished according to how they organize space, their number of floors, etc. The range of possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans newly drawn to scale.