Abstract
High-rise housing complexes (HRHCs) are a prominent trend in urban development. They generate new configurations of open green spaces, thus creating a new set of human-environment relations and a new constellation of urban landscapes. However, little attention has been devoted by the literature to these new spatial configurations and the urban experience they offer. Focusing on the spaces between buildings, this research article examines the urban morphology of these large urban developments and how they are being experienced by residents. Based on morphological analysis, we propose a set of outputs with which to discern and evaluate various characteristics of these new spaces. Namely, a typology of HRHCs complexes, three evaluation indexes, and a green/gray nolli map. Drawing on morphological analysis, the research discusses the role of green spaces of HRHCs in the experience of residents. We portray different tensions arising from the residents’ experience based on walking interviews and propose how these tensions are connected to the morphology of space. Juxtaposing the morphological and qualitative topological analyses, we focus on the way that different planning aspects of HRHCs’ open spaces might foster everyday use and function as well as attitudes and feelings.
Highlights
Contemporary cities pose new challenges for urban planning and architecture as to the kind of spatial and social experiences they afford
The findings demonstrate the use of urban morphology to characterize high-rise housing complexes (HRHCs), which are juxtaposed with the qualitative analysis, producing an encompassing evaluation of the use, function, and experience of the open green spaces of HRHCs
The morphological analysis introduced in this article demonstrates the complex physical data of HRHCs by relatively distinct means to clarify similarities and distinguish between attributes
Summary
Contemporary cities pose new challenges for urban planning and architecture as to the kind of spatial and social experiences they afford. 74) have emphasized the need for understanding the multiple meanings of volumetric urbanism and its effects on social, cultural, spatial, and political life in cities Unlike their affordable predecessors, contemporary high-rise housings are developed for middle- and upperincome populations and share some prominent characteristics (Brumann, 2012; Fincher, 2007). When developed as large urban developments, usually in the outskirts of cities or as part of new towns, they are usually developed in the form of high-rise housing complexes (HRHCs) In some places, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel, HRHCs have become the dominant form of development (Lowry & McCann, 2011; Turkington, van Kempen, & Wassenberg, 2004; Yuen & Yeh, 2011). In Israel, for instance, in 1992, only 2% of new apartments were built as 10 to 20-story buildings, compared to 2012, when the rates climbed to more than 30% (Aviv et al, 2018)
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