High rise residential buildings and the social, cultural, economic and environmental fit with subtropical humid cities
The Next Generation Apartment Buildings report explores how architects in Southeast Asia adapt classical tropical architecture principles to address contemporary urban challenges. The study aims to inspire innovative design solutions for resilient urban living in Australia. It presents my research conducted in 2018 through the Australian Institute of Architects Dunbar Fellowship.
Rosemary, the first recipient of the AIA Dunbar Fellowship, researches how Australia's apartment buildings can benefit from East-West design knowledge. She explores climate-focused architecture in South East Asia, analyzing strategies for liveability, affordability, and public amenity in high-density environments.
One way to make apartments more affordable for owner-occupants is to adjust the resident / architect relationship. Breathe Architects have done just that and created a new and useful procurement process that challenges the profit-driven developer model and delivers cost-effective climate-responsive design, livability and community values.
For residents of high-rise apartment buildings proliferating in cities across Australia energy insecurity is literally designed in to the dwellings they occupy. Energy unaffordability and problems that occur during power outages are intensified by energy-intensive building design. These problems are avoidable.
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