Floor Plan Manual Housing, 5th Edition

Revised edition of the reference work The Floor Plan Manual Housing has for decades been a seminal work in the field of architecture. In its 5 th , revised and expanded edition, approximately 160 international housing projects built after 1945 are documented and analyzed. The focus is on exemplary and transferrable projects, and on innovative and trendsetting concepts. The systematic representation of all projects allows the reader to compare and evaluate various floor plans – and to be inspired by the wealth of ideas and strategies for one’s own design work. The introductory theoretical and historical essays have been newly written or updated, and offer a structured overview of the residential housing typology and its development. Fifth revised edition with new projects and contributions With upgraded visual appearance and a new key color Access to the content is facilitated by various index functions Der Grundrissatlas Wohnungsbau gehört seit Jahrzehnten zu den Grundlagenwerken der Architektur. In seiner 5., überarbeiteten und erweiterten Auflage dokumentiert und analysiert er rund 160 internationale Wohnungsbauten seit 1945. Im Zentrum stehen Beispiele, die vorbildlich und übertragbar, und Konzepte, die innovativ und wegweisend sind. Die systematische Darstellung aller Projekte ermöglicht es dem Leser, die Grundrisse zu vergleichen und zu bewerten – um sich so durch die Ideen und Strategien bei der eigenen Arbeit am Grundriss anregen zu lassen. Die einleitenden theoretischen und historischen Essays sind neu verfasst beziehungsweise aktualisiert worden und bieten ein übersichtlich strukturiertes Bild der Wohnungsbautypologie und ihrer Entwicklung. Fünfte, überarbeitete Auflage mit neuen Projekten und Beiträgen Mit weiterentwickeltem Erscheinungsbild und neuer Leitfarbe Diverse Registerfunktionen unterstützen die Zugänge zu den Inhalten

The Floor Plan Manual Housing has for decades been a seminal work in the field of architecture. In its 5 th, revised and expanded edition, approximately 160 international housing projects built after 1945 are documented and analyzed.

The focus is on exemplary and transferrable projects, and on innovative and trendsetting concepts. The systematic representation of all projects allows the reader to compare and evaluate various floor plans – and to be inspired by the wealth of ideas and strategies for one's own design work.

The introductory theoretical and historical essays have been newly written or updated, and offer a structured overview of the residential housing typology and its development.

Content Working with the Floor Plan Manual Housing “The Sweetness of Functioning is Architecture”: On the Use of Floor Plans A Chronicle of Developments in Housing Challenges and Tendencies The Path toward Access and Circulation The Floor Plan Idea A Graphic Approach to Floor Plan Design PROJECTS 1.1 BLOCK EDGE 1.2 URBAN INFILL 1.3 FIREWALL BUILDING 2.1 SOLITAIRE 2.2 LINEAR BLOCK / SUPERBLOCK 2.3 APARTMENT TOWER 2.4 TERRACED COMPLEX 2.5 RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX / HOUSING ESTATE 2.6 LOW RISE HIGH DENSITY 3.1 DETACHED HOUSE 3.2 DUPLEX 3.3 ROW HOUSE Picture Credits Colophon For decades, the Floor Plan Manual Housing has been one of the reference works in architecture. It documents and analyses 165 international residential buildings realized between 1945 and 2017. The 5th revised edition has been extended by 30 new projects Ground floor planning and living space requirements have changed little over the past decade, but the selected case studies and their graphic presentation have been updated to satisfy the demands of today's audience The introductory essays on theory and history have been re-written and updated, and provide a clearly structured overview of residential construction and its development over the last 70 years.