Detached Houses - The Future? Paperback

Institut Urban Landscape

Detached houses are considered primarily responsible for urban sprawl and land consumption. At the same time they represent the ideal residence for broad sections of society. This contradiction was used as the starting point for the Institut Urban Landscape at the ZHAW to take a closer look at detached housing. From the different perspectives of architects and social scientists, as well as photographer Heinrich Helfenstein, different detached house settlements were at the focus of examination. Instead of the often deplored detached house without properties, a surprisingly multifaceted settlement reality with great potential for identification discloses itself. This work focuses on the specific qualities and unused potentials of the phenomenon and yields new insights and perspectives for a sustainable development of urban landscapes in architecture and urbanism.

3721208307

English

Niggli Verlag

30 September 2014

184

Stefan Kurath (Dr.-Ing.) ist Architekt und Urbanist mit eigenem Büro in Zürich und Graubünden sowie Dozent für Architektur und städtebauliches Entwerfen an einer Schweizer Hochschule. Heinrich Helfenstein (geboren 1946) gehört zu den bekanntesten Schweizer Architekturfotografen. Zu seinen Auftraggebern zählen unter anderem namhafte Schweizer Architekten wie Burkhalter Sumi, Meili Peter, Gigon Guyer und Valerio Olgiati. Darüber hinaus veröffentlichte Helfenstein zahlreiche Essays zu Themen der zeitgenössischen Kunst und lehrt an der Bauhochschule Winterthur.

Christoph Luchsinger

ZHAW