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DFG-Project “Compact Courtyard Housing for Sustainable High-Density Settlements” – Final Report
Prof. Jan Cremers’ research group set itself the goal of reinterpreting and further developing the courtyard house type to meet the current requirements of sustainable urbanisation. The hypothesis was pursued that courtyard houses have the potential to create sustainable, high-density neighbourhoods with a high degree of privacy and residential value and thus offer a feasible way out of the dilemma of conventional types, where high density and the resulting low spacing offer little privacy in the interior and exterior spaces. Based on the principles and inherent regularities of the courtyard house, the so-called “compact courtyard house” was developed as a new type of courtyard house using an interdisciplinary and systematic approach with current tools while its functionality was examined step by step in further stages. The type pursues few, yet clearly defined goals and consequently shows characteristics that distinguish it from known courtyard house types. As a largely autonomous building, it is optimised on its own space-saving plot (approx. 60 to 200 m²) of varying proportions with three to five storeys for one or more parties, it can keep ownership simple and thus even function as a single-family house. Courtyards / outdoor spaces shielded from view (instead of exposed “spacing areas” with a lower utility value outside the building) are integrated into the building structure as exclusively private usable areas (“as private as a bathroom“) assigned to individual parties. These protected areas are mainly used for lighting and ventilation of the interior spaces, merging interior and exterior spaces into a protected and closely interlinked living space. The individual buildings are generally orientated towards the public or semi-public space on one side (e.g. street front), but are closed for add-on on three sides (fire walls). This way, compact courtyard houses of very different shapes and sizes can be added and combined as “building blocks” of a “modular system” to create high-density urban neighbourhoods. ...
DFG-Project “Compact Courtyard Housing for Sustainable High-Density Settlements” – Final Report
Prof. Jan Cremers’ research group set itself the goal of reinterpreting and further developing the courtyard house type to meet the current requirements of sustainable urbanisation. The hypothesis was pursued that courtyard houses have the potential to create sustainable, high-density neighbourhoods with a high degree of privacy and residential value and thus offer a feasible way out of the dilemma of conventional types, where high density and the resulting low spacing offer little privacy in the interior and exterior spaces. Based on the principles and inherent regularities of the courtyard house, the so-called “compact courtyard house” was developed as a new type of courtyard house using an interdisciplinary and systematic approach with current tools while its functionality was examined step by step in further stages. The type pursues few, yet clearly defined goals and consequently shows characteristics that distinguish it from known courtyard house types. As a largely autonomous building, it is optimised on its own space-saving plot (approx. 60 to 200 m²) of varying proportions with three to five storeys for one or more parties, it can keep ownership simple and thus even function as a single-family house. Courtyards / outdoor spaces shielded from view (instead of exposed “spacing areas” with a lower utility value outside the building) are integrated into the building structure as exclusively private usable areas (“as private as a bathroom“) assigned to individual parties. These protected areas are mainly used for lighting and ventilation of the interior spaces, merging interior and exterior spaces into a protected and closely interlinked living space. The individual buildings are generally orientated towards the public or semi-public space on one side (e.g. street front), but are closed for add-on on three sides (fire walls). This way, compact courtyard houses of very different shapes and sizes can be added and combined as “building blocks” of a “modular system” to create high-density urban neighbourhoods. ...
DFG-Project “Compact Courtyard Housing for Sustainable High-Density Settlements” – Final Report
Cremers, Jan (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) (Autor:in) / Bonfig, Peter (Autor:in) / Dehlinger, Christian / Offtermatt, David / DFG
01.01.2024
Paper
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
624
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