House Precinct Territory maps a series of design research projects across three Asia Pacific cities, arguing that the next frontier of urban densification is not consumption space but the productive hinterlands — food, power, waste, goods — that cities have long exiled to their edges.
About This Book
Urban densification has overwhelmingly concentrated on where people live, shop, and gather. House Precinct Territory redirects that focus toward the productive infrastructure cities depend on but rarely acknowledge — the growing of food, generation of power, production of goods, disposal of waste. Drawing on research by architects and academics from RMIT, UTS, and the University of Queensland, alongside practising Australian architects, the book presents speculative design models for folding production back into the urban fabric. Working across Brisbane and two further cities in the Asia Pacific region, and deploying methods from critical observation to speculative modelling, it makes a sustained case for a compact city that consolidates all dimensions of human inhabitation within a reduced environmental footprint.
Key Features
- 250 pages of design research projects, speculative models, and critical observations across Asia Pacific cities
- Contributions from researchers at RMIT, UTS, and the University of Queensland alongside practising Australian architects
- Case studies drawn from Brisbane and two additional Asia Pacific cities
- Published by ORO Editions
What You'll Discover
- Why existing compact-city and urban densification models have overlooked productive land uses — and what a more complete model might look like
- Research techniques ranging from critical observation to speculative modelling applied to the retrofit of existing urban environments
- Design propositions for integrating food production, energy generation, manufacturing, and waste management within city boundaries
- How architectural and urban planning practice can directly address climate change by consolidating urban consumption and production within a smaller physical and environmental footprint
About the Author
Dr. Rafael Luna leads the research project with a team of contributors drawn from Australian universities and practice. Further biographical details are [Details available upon request].
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 250
- Dimensions: 24.8 x 18.3 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781957183640
- Publisher: ORO Editions
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, urban designers, and researchers interested in productive urbanism, environmental sustainability, and the future of compact cities in the Asia Pacific context.