Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Cities Designed in Human Scale Make Healthier and Happier Societies: A Visual Essay
Cities are built for humans. Yet most modern cities fail to keep it human centric. With challenges of constant population growth, limited land availability, most cities are now adopting the high-rise model. Vertical cities may resolve the above challenges to some extent; however, they do not represent human scale. Most often these forms of development have led to social exclusion, fewer interaction opportunities with neighbors which increased feelings of loneliness among residents. Research states that loneliness can affect mental health and overall well-being of humans. Along with other social factors, architecture and urban design play a huge role in achieving the much needed social sustainability, which is one of the main pillars of ‘sustainable cities & communities’ (the 11th SDG of the UN Agenda 2030). On the one hand, researchers are talking about place making for humans, the importance of public spaces and happier cities. On the other hand, modern urban design is creating concrete giants with a total disregard for human connections. In India, most cities present a combination of urban environments with low to mid-rise residential developments in older neighborhoods and high-rise high-density developments in newer planned parts. This visual essay attempts to compare the human scale attained through the built environment between ‘high-rise’ and ‘low to mid-rise’ neighborhoods in Kolkata and analyze their impact on social sustainability.
Cities Designed in Human Scale Make Healthier and Happier Societies: A Visual Essay
Cities are built for humans. Yet most modern cities fail to keep it human centric. With challenges of constant population growth, limited land availability, most cities are now adopting the high-rise model. Vertical cities may resolve the above challenges to some extent; however, they do not represent human scale. Most often these forms of development have led to social exclusion, fewer interaction opportunities with neighbors which increased feelings of loneliness among residents. Research states that loneliness can affect mental health and overall well-being of humans. Along with other social factors, architecture and urban design play a huge role in achieving the much needed social sustainability, which is one of the main pillars of ‘sustainable cities & communities’ (the 11th SDG of the UN Agenda 2030). On the one hand, researchers are talking about place making for humans, the importance of public spaces and happier cities. On the other hand, modern urban design is creating concrete giants with a total disregard for human connections. In India, most cities present a combination of urban environments with low to mid-rise residential developments in older neighborhoods and high-rise high-density developments in newer planned parts. This visual essay attempts to compare the human scale attained through the built environment between ‘high-rise’ and ‘low to mid-rise’ neighborhoods in Kolkata and analyze their impact on social sustainability.
Cities Designed in Human Scale Make Healthier and Happier Societies: A Visual Essay
Sustainable Development Goals Series
Hasan, Arif (Herausgeber:in) / Benimana, Christian (Herausgeber:in) / Ramsgaard Thomsen, Mette (Herausgeber:in) / Tamke, Martin (Herausgeber:in) / Das, Shreya (Autor:in)
World Congress of Architects ; 2023 ; Copenhagen, Denmark
13.09.2023
18 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch