The role of tall buildings in sustainable cities

Abstract

Tall buildings make up the urban fabric and cannot be viewed in isolation from the city. They also bring up ethical, social, and cultural issues, and they impact the local community -their social needs and what the neighborhoods can gain from creating a new tall building. As with the buildings themselves, the urban context in which tall buildings have evolved has changed dramatically since their Chicago origins, reflecting both social and technological developments. A tall building has been variously called a "city within a city," "a vertical city," and a "city in the sky." Thus it is apparent that a tall building is a microcosm of a large city. It is an integral part of the urban habitat having a close relationship with it. In a way it is a vertical progression of a horizontal city. The two are interactive and connected by the transportation, power grid, water supply, and waste production and disposal systems. The tall building can therefore play a vital role in defining livable and sustainable cities. Both cities and skyscrapers must use fewer natural resources; create less waste; and impact less on the natural world. Technology will continue to improve the physical systems of the skyscraper and the city; however, their future will be defined by human interests and values.

Research by design: architectural and structural solutions allowing the integration of the skyscraper complex with the urban space in Warsaw

“…Paradigms related to designing the architecture of high-rise buildings and their connection with urban space change over time [33]. However, theoretical considerations show that there is an attempt to strengthen the connection of buildings with the city [34], and the use of high-rise buildings for urban regeneration [35], which is favored by such a connection.…”

Spatial Analysis Model for Allocation of High-Rise Building

“…Source: authors based on [4,5,7,11,19,28,29,30,31,32,33,35,36,37] added elements removed elements Source: authors based on [4,5,7,11,19,28,29,30,31,32,33,35,36,37] Figure 10. Proposed HRBSAModel…”