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Informationen zum Autor Clare Cooper Marcus is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California! Berkeley! Clare Cooper Marcus is internationally recognized for her pioneering research on the psychological and sociological aspects of architecture! land-use planning! and landscape design – particularly urban open space. Wendy Sarkissian bring planning to life with over 40 years’ experience in planning! design and environmental studies. Educated in Arts! literature! town planning and environmental ethics! I am a planner! author! educator! facilitator and consultant! working primarily in planning and development in Australia and overseas. Klappentext "An indispensable reference for anyone involved in multi-family housing. . . . This book demonstrates not only how research findings can be brought to bear on general and specific design problems but also how it can be done with exemplary clarity, utter disregard of jargon, and absence of esoteric formulations. With the publication of this work, ignorance of the lessons derived from empirical research in housing environments can no longer be claimed by anyone. I recommend it highly to planners, architects, landscape architects, managers, and anyone else involved in multi-family housing." —Guido Francescato, Environment and Behavior "[Housing as If People Mattered] contains 254 guidelines that are well written, amply illustrated, and easily used, with listing of the various responses a designer might make to each recommendation. The guidelines deal with everything from the form, image, and orientation of buildings to the use of open space by children and adults of various age groups." —Thomas Fisher, Progressive Architecture "In contrast to other guidelines, which typically represent either an aesthetic or technical emphasis, those offered by this book take the form of suggestions or opportunities for design that support activities, values and needs of the users—the and by any group who concern is the improvement of housing environments."—Sue Weidermann, Landscape Architecture "Essential reading for anyone involved in housing design. . . . written so as to liberate creative interpretations of the guidelines, not to provide ready made solutions to copy. . . . The sections on play are full of wisdom, the profound concern for children's real needs contrasting with the desultory provision common in housing schemes."—Jane Darke, Architects' Journal Zusammenfassung Features a collection of guidelines for the site design of low-rise, high-density family housing. This title is suitable for housing designers and planners, but also for developers, housing authorities, citizens' groups, and tenants' organizations - anyone involved in planning or rehabilitating housing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: The Authors and Their Environmental Values Acknowledgments I. Introduction 2. Design guidelines: What they are and how to use them List of design guidelines 3. Basic considerations of the design program 4. Image! building form! and orientation 5. Personalization 6. Access to dwellings 7. Private open space 8. Common open space and the needs of children 9. Purpose-built play areas for children 10. On-site facilities for adults 11. Parking 12. Landscaping! footpaths! and site furniture 13. Security and vandalism 14. Management! maintenance! and refuse disposal Glossary of Environmental and Related Terms Bibliography Illustration Credits ...
