Lessons from Europe
Place and Landscape
In both urban and rural housing projects, landscaping and place making are so crucial.
The wit and charm of Edouard François’ central ‘green’ building, covered in vines, in Paris is very enjoyable. There is a magical quality to these ‘treehouses’ in such an urban environment. Eden Bio is a far cry from ghettoised Brutalist apartments, and far more enchanting than anything a standard developer design might have offered.
The Sweden case study, Vetlanda, is a good example of how to create edge-of-town housing that is sensitive to its environment but still achieves quite a high density. The appeal of KKA’s homes is their ‘ordinariness’, but they have special qualities such as their zinc roofs, split gables ...
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