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10: Re-compaction with Aufstockungen Livable Low-carbon City
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Aufstockungen is the German term for vertical additions. These are rooftop additions common throughout European cities - where many structures were built with concrete, block, or stone. Vertical additions offer a really interesting path towards re-compacting (densifying) existing neighborhoods in an incredibly sustainable manner. They preserve more affordable, existing housing. They reduce sprawl.They allow the incorporation of new housing without sealing new surfaces - thereby reducing the u...
Aufstockungen is the German term for vertical additions. These are rooftop additions common throughout European cities - where many structures were built with concrete, block, or stone. Vertical additions offer a really interesting path towards re-compacting (densifying) existing neighborhoods in an incredibly sustainable manner. They preserve more affordable, existing housing. They reduce sprawl.They allow the incorporation of new housing without sealing new surfaces - thereby reducing the u...
16 Min.