Romancing the high-rise in Singapore

Yuen, Belinda

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2004.10.002

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“…Also most of the residents living in high rises in Singapore (Yuen, 2005) and in Chicago, Tokyo, and Seoul (Lee, 2014) were satisfied. The benefits as reported included view, breeze, privacy, openness, and light.…”

Section: Preference and Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…Residents' responses were influenced by their experience of living in high rises, with those living in Chicago reporting more positive experience than those in Tokyo, and those living in Seoul reporting the least positive experience (e.g., anxiety) (Lee, 2014). Living at height can elicit fears about safety (Yuen, 2005) and concerns about physiological discomfort (Lee, 2014).…”

Section: Preference and Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One perceived benefit of occupying the higher floors of tall buildings is an unobstructed view, as indicated in surveys of residents (e.g., Yuen, 2005;Yeh and Yuen, 2011;Lee, 2014) and office workers (Chung and Park, 2006). Several studies in Hong Kong have shown that apartments on higher floors or with nice views are sold at higher prices (e.g., Tse, 2002;Choy et al, 2007;Jim and Chen, 2009;Hui et al, 2012).…”

Section: Perceived Benefits Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Living and Working in Tall Buildings: Satisfaction and Perceived Benefits and Concerns of Occupants

2017

Front. Built Environ.

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In the past few decades, tall buildings of 30 to over 100 storeys are becoming more common in modern cities around the world, especially in Asia and the Middle East, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Extensive research has focused on the technical aspects of erecting tall buildings, yet few recent studies have been conducted to examine occupants' experiences and responses. To assess what is already known about living and working in these tall buildings and to provide future directions for research, this article reviews recent empirical studies on occupants' perception of tall buildings, and physiological and psychological experiences in relation to its tallness. Occupants perceive better view, less noise, and better air quality as benefits for living and working on higher floors than on lower floors. However, occupants also expressed concerns about height, difficulty with vertical transportation, strong wind, and escape in case of fire. Note that the methodologies used in many of the self-reported studies are relatively weak. Given the scarcity of research regarding human responses, this mini-review aims to encourage behavioral scientists to collaborate with building science researchers to advance our understanding of human-environmental relations in this new habitat.

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Section: Preference and Satisfactionmentioning

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Section: Preference and Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Perceived Benefits Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Living and Working in Tall Buildings: Satisfaction and Perceived Benefits and Concerns of Occupants

2017

Front. Built Environ.

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“…By the 1960s, high-rise developments had become popular in the US, Asia, Europe and Australia (Yuen 2005). Afterwards, in the 1970s, many of the criticisms of vertical development emerged (Yuen et al 2006).…”

Section: Historical Context Of Vertical Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards sustainable urban development: the social acceptability of high-rise buildings in a Ghanaian city

2017

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“…High-rise mixed-use housing symbolizes economic dominance and power, and the quality of diverse facilities in the semipublic spaces represents the social status of the dwellers (Yuen, 2005).…”

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Quality of Life and Semipublic Spaces in High-Rise Mixed-Use Housing Complexes in South Korea

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2011

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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High-rise Mixed-Use Housing (HMUH) buildings have favorable urban location conditions, innovative technology, and diverse urban cultural functions to efficiently and compactly enhance urban dwellers' spatial accessibility. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life of urban dwellers with regard to the semipublic spaces of HMUH complexes in order to propose a planning direction for sustainable HMUH complexes. The research methodologies that were used involved examining relevant past studies to derive subjective quality of life indicators of urban dwellers, as well as studying the design drawings of HMUH buildings to conduct qualitative and quantitative analyses of the semipublic spaces therein. Moreover, urban dwellers' satisfaction with their quality of life was surveyed in order to analyze differences in levels of satisfaction according to various types of HMUH complexes. In conclusion, the physical quality of the semipublic spaces in HMUH complexes correlated with the quality of life of urban dwellers, created a general linear model between the semipublic spaces, and was varied according to the HMUH building types. In the case of HMUH complexes, the dwellers' preference for social interaction was found to be lower than their preference for other indicators, with a high preference for safety and security. Further, in the case of small housing units equipped with double loaded corridors, the semipublic spaces negatively influenced the quality of life of the dwellers, and the sporting amenities in the semipublic spaces were the most frequently used for health and leisure activities and social interaction.

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Romancing the high-rise in Singapore

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

Living and Working in Tall Buildings: Satisfaction and Perceived Benefits and Concerns of Occupants

Living and Working in Tall Buildings: Satisfaction and Perceived Benefits and Concerns of Occupants

Towards sustainable urban development: the social acceptability of high-rise buildings in a Ghanaian city

Quality of Life and Semipublic Spaces in High-Rise Mixed-Use Housing Complexes in South Korea

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