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Les cultures spatiales des villes d'Asie sont approchées ici du point de vue de leurs singularités et spécificités, tant historiques que contemporaines, dans la conception et la transformation de leurs formes architecturales et urbaines. Dans cette aire géographique et culturelle, la période actuelle est marquée par des accélérations de l'urbanisation et des changements dimensionnels qui modifient l'importance relative du peuplement urbain, l'étendue des espaces construits et l'échelle des projets architecturaux et urbains. Dans ce contexte, qu'en est-il de la place et du rôle des héritages, visibles, enfouis ou imaginés, dans les manières de concevoir et de produire les villes ? À travers des exemples situés en Chine, au Japon, au Vietnam et à Bali, les textes réunis dans cet ouvrage abordent des situations passées et présentes à la lumière d'échanges culturels et de médiations entre héritages et projets qui seraient à l'origine d'expressions originales d'une modernité contextualisée à l'échelle locale. Les auteurs s'appuient sur l'étude de projets architecturaux et urbains qui composent avec les héritages et créent des éléments de différenciation entre les villes. Ces projets sont appréhendés à travers leurs mécanismes de conception, de production et de réception par les sociétés et leurs acteurs - habitants, usagers et hommes de l'art. Leur analyse permet de suivre la circulation des composantes d'une culture spatiale donnée, leurs réceptions croisées et leurs métissages à l'oeuvre dans les processus de transformation de l'espace - bien souvent source d'invention et d'innovation.

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This book is intended to fill a knowledge gap in the study of contemporary high-rise living. While there has been much documentation on the engineering and technological aspects of tall buildings, relatively little has been written about the social and livability of high-rise. Much less is written about Asian cities even though Asia is the current hotbed of high-rise development. Even though traditional discourse of high-rise housing is not always positive, new forces are redefining its place in 21st century urbanity. Many cities around the world are reembracing high-rise in urban agenda under current narrative of sustainable development. High-rise is fast becoming a priority area in international research agenda. The quest is for livable and sustainable high-rise development. Against the background of current trends--globalization, urbanization, mixed-use development, and new-built taller buildings in inner city areas in both developed and developing countries, this book examines the software: design, economics, estate management, legal and property rights, physical environment, planning, community development, and social dimensions of high-rise living. Analysis is with the widely acclaimed successful high-rise public housing in Hong Kong and Singapore to understand the advantages and worries of high-rise living, and to distill the key points and lessons in the making of a ‘good’ highrise living environment. Hong Kong and Singapore have been constructing high-rise for more than four decades each. The majority of their population has moved to live in high-rise, selecting to live high-rise, and registering consistently high residential satisfaction. The height of apartment buildings in both cities continues to rise. The tallest is anticipated to be 70-storey. It is the contention of this book that contrary to earlier common negative discourses on public high-rise living, the high-rise environment may yet offer urban residents a satisfying dwelling experience. Leading housing academics, researchers and practitioners in the two cities have contributed to this book. This book presents a timely contribution to our understanding of a widening urban phenomenon that will affect a growing number of the world’s population. Audience: This book will be of interest to researchers and policy makers in architecture, urban planning, geography, sociology and development studies.

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