TY - BOOK AU - Cremers,Jan AU - Bonfig,Peter TI - Compact Courtyard Housing: A Guide to Urban Building Type SN - 9783038630524 U1 - 728 PY - 2021/// CY - Switzerland PB - Trest Verlag KW - Housing N1 - For your Understanding p.4, Preface by Jacques Blumer p.6, Chapter I: Background and Research Project, Background p.8, Interdisciplinary Basic Research p.10, Chapter II: Introduction to the Courtyard House, History and Predecessors p.12, Potential of Courtyard Housing p.14, Why a New Type of Building? p.15, “Extroverted” versus “Introverted” p.16, Chapter III: Concept of the Compact Courtyard House Features p.18, Urban Density p.20, Inside – Outside p.23, Courtyards in Variants p.24, Quality and Ambiance p.25, Chapter IV: Typology, Solution Strategies for Individual Questions p.28, The Typology’s Organising Principle p.30, Eight Concepts (Basic Types) p.31, Case Distinctions for Variants in Ownership and Use p.36, New Building Types in Variants p.36, Addition to Urban Districts p.67, Guest Article by Steven A. Moore p.71, Chapter V: Functionality of the Compact Courtyard House, Outdoor Spaces, Courtyards and Microclimate 74 Ventilation 81 Illumination 84 Acoustics 89 Resource Efficiency 90 Building Construction p.98, Chapter VI: Some Examples, Variant based on Concept C1 p.114, Variant based on Concept C2 p.124, Variants based on Concept C6 p.134, Chapter VII: The New Type compared to Typologies with similar Building Heights, Selection of Criteria for Comparison Selection of Examples for Comparison Tabular Overview Evaluation Chapter VIII : Potential for Today and Tomorrow, Background p.146, Special Situations p.147, New Neighbourhoods / Conversion of Existing p.149, Neighbourhoods Guest Article by Gerd Kuhn p.149, Global Dimension p.152, Bibliographical References p.154, Picture Credits p.156, Acknowledgement p.157 ER -