High Density

This brownfield corner site, formerly occupied by a scrap metal dealer, is located opposite Mitcham Common. Nick Kane The aim was to achieve a high-quality residential development well knitted to the existing fabric, employing Innovative solutions to densify a small infill site and offering amenity space, including winter garden loggias to the Commonside elevation, while minimizing impact to neighbours. It provides dual aspect properties of a variety of sizes, each with private amenity space, Nick Kane The design seeks to respond through its massing, articulation and detailing to the two very different adjacent streets and to the nearby conservation area.  Two distinctive wings seemed the right solution; a taller block, not... More

In the new urban district on Amsterdam’s Oostenburgereiland, a compact residential ensemble was realised on an exceptionally narrow plot along the blind side wall of a high parking building. Common Practice and Studio AAAN made the masterplan with 64 dwellings around a striking courtyard and designed two apartment buildings with special mid-rent housing, in which as many collective and private spaces as possible have a relationship with the serene courtyard. Max Hart Nibbrig Within the complex conditions, the plan seeks to find human scale and a special living experience with various architectural interventions. The mass is divided into four buildings, each with its own entrance hall, typology and character, and at the same time... More

Architecture firm Luca Curci Architects presents THE LINK, a vertical city for 200,000 people. The project aims to rise above the challenge of population density by successfully combining vertical expansion with economic innovation. A self-sustainable city-forest, that will absorb CO2, produce oxygen for cleaner air and increase urban biodiversity. With interconnected communities’ programs. No suburbs. Less poverty oriented. With its 300 floors THE LINK will reach the maximum height of 1200 meters. The project combines sustainability with population density, and it aims to build up a zero-energy city-building. The city-forest is made of 4 main towers, connected one each other, equipped with green areas on each level, natural light an... More

This mixed-use operation develops a program of 180 housing units, combining private and social units installed on a commercial center (shops and restaurants) occupying the whole lot. It is located in the bow of the future urban renewal operation of the Coubertin district in Asnieres-sur-Seine (France), at an angle, along the Avenue de la Redoute and Avenue Nouvelle. Its decisive position in the townplan designed by Du Besset + Lyon Architects gives it a dual role, anchoring with the buildings of the 60's in the immediate vicinity, and start with the future projects of the new district. It is a site of transition and a link between yesterday's architecture and the one of today. We integrate the urban planning wills of new urba... More