List of Contributors ixIntroduction 1Oliver HeckmannSection 1 Inclusive Urbanism 11Introduction 13Oliver Heckmann1 Towards a New Social Model of the City: Barcelona's Integral Superblocks 25Lluís Torrens, Sebastià Riutort, and Marta Juan2 Link by Link: Blurring the Lines and Creating an Inclusive Society in Singapore 37Vincent Chua3 Inclusive Smart Community - Towards A Socially Integrated and Enabling Community 49Chong Keng Hua, Ha Tshui Mum, To Kien, and Yuen Chau4 Design for Depopulating Conditions - Formulating a Strategic Neighborhood Framework for Detroit 67Ian Dickenson5 Multi-Programmatic Urbanity for Indonesia 101Florian Heinzelmann and Daliana Suryawinata6 Affordable Housing and Social Inclusion - the Case of Vienna and Austria 115Gerald KösslSection 2 High-Dense Typologies For Building Communities 131Introduction 133Oliver Heckmann7 Fostering Community Bonding in High-Density Habitations 149Im Sik Cho8 HDB: High-Density Typologies for Building Community 165Jeremiah Lim9 Building Communities in High-Density Singapore - a Look at Integrated Design Typology 185Siew Man Kok10 Making Sense of 'Community': A Call for New Kinds of Knowledge to Shape Urban Futures 209Saffron WoodcraftSection 3 Adaptive and Responsive Habitation 223Introduction 225Oliver Heckmann11 Alternative Housing for a Diverse and Inclusive Society 241Gérald Ledent12 Type-Figurations - Comfort Zones and Active Grounds 261Bernd Vlay13 Promoting Healthy Longevity: The Role of Social Innovation 287Yee Wei Lim, Kimberly Teo, Cherylanne Tan, and Junyu Ong14 Experiments in Living Together 301Colin Neufeld and Sharon Wohl15 Beyond the Unit - Future Hybrid High-Rise Commune 335Oliver HeckmannSection 4 New Tools, New Approaches 359Introduction 361Oliver Heckmann16 Toolkits for Renewable and Regenerative Buildings 371Devni Acharya, Emma Boucher, Richard Boyd, Michael Budig, Elisa Magnini, and Neil Walmsley17 Social Design - Principles & Practices to Foster Caring Urban Communities 391Lekshmy Parameswaran, László Herczeg, Airí Dordas Perpinyà, and Adrià Garcia i Mateu18 Computational Design Futures in Housing 415Trevor Ryan Patt19 Retooling Architectural Performance Analysis 429Timur Dogan and John Alstan JakubiecIndex 443
Oliver Heckmann leads the Urban Housing lab founded at Singapore University of Technology and Design and now based in Berlin. His research, teaching, and practice focuses on innovative housing typology, urban habitation, sustainable design, urban revitalization, and adaptive reuse. He is the co-author and co-editor of Floor Plan Manual Housing and Editor-in-Chief of Building Types Online.