Housing in Urban Density

[ad_1] Photography: Hertha Hurnaus; courtesy the architect . In its design for the housing project CJ5, Caramel Architects tackle the question of sustainable urban density on the outskirts of Vienna. Building heights of between 4.5 and 7.5 m are permitted for the type of building prevailing there, which allows for the construction of estates of two-storey detached or terraced houses. While on the one hand, they display a high individual quality of life, with adjacent gardens and terraces on the living level, on the other, they result in very high space requirements due to their low floor area ratio (FAR) […]