Freestanding houses : a housing typology / Günter Pfeifer and Per Brauneck.
"The freestanding house is not, strictly speaking, a typological category of housing. While in the previous volumes in the series – row houses, courtyard houses and town houses – the focus lay on typological ?oor plan arran- ments, here the term " freestanding" refers to an urban typo...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel ; Boston :
Birkhäuser,
[2010]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "The freestanding house is not, strictly speaking, a typological category of housing. While in the previous volumes in the series – row houses, courtyard houses and town houses – the focus lay on typological ?oor plan arran- ments, here the term " freestanding" refers to an urban typological category. This marks a ?rst fundamental difference to the other volumes in the series. Freestanding houses can be categorised according to their type of access, orientation and spatial organisation, but as these categories reoccur in new formations, they cannot be regarded as true typological characteristics. An examination of freestanding houses, therefore, refers less to typological ?oor plan characteristics, focusing instead on the issue of structural integ- tion at an urban level. But here we are faced with a seemingly irresolvable con?ict: urban spaces cannot be formed with freestanding houses alone. The freestanding house wants to be as independent as possible, will not fall into line and resists typological classi?cation. This explains, perhaps, why the freestanding house is still viewed by many as an ideal way of living. Standing on its own, it embodies the desire for maximum possible freedom and independence. Although we have long been aware that the promise of autonomy is more illusion than reality, from a psychological point of view, the feeling of indiv- ualism is perhaps a decisive factor for the popularity of the " freestanding house"."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3034600739 9783034600736 |