Sites-and-Services in Performance
Mass Housing Design Beyond Efficiency and Resilience
N.J. Amorim Mota (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
R. Varma (TU Delft - Public Building and Housing Design)
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Abstract
Searching for the ideal density of households in residential areas has been a persistent pursuit of planners, designers, and policymakers since the inception of the rapid urbanization process triggered by the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century. One of the main challenges in this goal has been achieving the optimal trade-off between economic efficiency and quality of life, avoiding urban conditions prone to trigger social unrest and environmental degradation. [...]