Dwelling in Density: Opportunities for Civic Agency and Collective Social Captial
Paper presented at Spaces and Flows Conference 2016, at the University of Philadelphia. All hand-drawn diagrams are original and a copyright of Amelyn Ng.
Paper presented at Spaces and Flows Conference 2016, at the University of Philadelphia. All hand-drawn diagrams are original and a copyright of Amelyn Ng.
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common ground<br />
“No apartment is an isl<strong>and</strong>”:<br />
Connect<strong>in</strong>g cont<strong>in</strong>guous residential sites & re<strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>c<strong>in</strong>g sociocultural adacencies<br />
• Conventional multi-residential towers<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>sular to <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />
plots<br />
• ‘Turn<strong>in</strong>g its back to the street’<br />
Impermeability denies public<br />
• engagement & breeds isolation<br />
• Erosion of social capital & ‘neighbour’<br />
• Potential to democratise through-access<br />
<strong>and</strong> protect urban cont<strong>in</strong>uity<br />
• Establish common ground plane across<br />
multiple private developments:<br />
new procurement model needed<br />
• Permeable social layer at street level<br />
• Implement horizontal ‘setback’ zon<strong>in</strong>g?
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