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What's the Iatest residential design in western developed countries and which direction they are moving forward when many residential designers are busy copying indiscriminately Italian, French, British and American styles?
China is one of the world's largest housing market, however, the majority of residential designs still remain on copying styles, which such indiscriminately pursuit worldwide styles and reproduce mechanically large amount of living spaces. It is a major problem for Chinese contemporary residential design. Indeed, designers have realized that it will never be a scientific development with such so-called popular styles originated from blind pursuit and self-respect of customers. Actually, personal identity and status are not only recognized through the Beijing Tuscany Style. With the growing confidence and more internationalized perspective, residential designers shall break the replication of copying styles and be more rational about “man and nature” so as to be people-oriented and fulfill environmental demands and to ensure that the residences in China will be in a healthier development. Moverover, the growing imperatives for sustainability, shortage of land, ever-changing modern technology and constructed materials enable designers to create a more comfortable living environment needed in the modern society.
To fix the crux of residences in China and provide a new thinking style for designers to break the replication of copying styles, we collect 84 world's typical residential designs such as high-end residences in international metropolitans like New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc., along with mid-range, economic residences in developed countries to fully demonstrate the latest trend in the world. These projects are unique architecture with harmony between form and function, not only focusing on daylighting, views, ventilation, public and exterior spaces of residences, but manifesting the modern residential design trend is towards green, ecology, intensivism, science and technology, reflecting diversity, multeity and organism of architectural concept elements. The book summarizes and analyzes each project to bring a fresh thinking about the most advanced residential designs (totally 84) in the world for residential designers lingering in the replication of copying styles, helping them break it out, fully realize people-oriented and harmoniously integrate man into nature.
HongKong Architecture Science Press Editorial Board
当国内住宅设计师盲目抄袭意、法、英、美式风格时，这些西方发达国家的最新住宅又是什么样的呢？他们的设计在朝哪个方向发展？
中国有世界上最大的住宅市场，但住宅设计多数仍停留在对风格的抄袭上。盲目追求世界风格，机械地大规模复制生活空间，是当下中国住宅发展面临的一个重要问题。设计师们知道风格的盛行很大一部分源自消费者的盲目媚外和自我尊重需求，实际上身份与地位的认同并非一定要用北京的托思卡纳风格来实现。伴随着国人自信的回归和越来越国际化的视野，国内住宅设计建筑师只有跳出风格与复制的怪圈，才能更理性地思考“环境与人”的问题，中国住宅建筑才能更健康地发展。而日益增强的可持续发展要求、居住用地的紧张，还有现代科技和建筑材料的日新月异等因素，使得现在的设计师有能力也有需要营造更舒适的人居环境。
针对中国住宅的这一症结，为了给设计师走出风格与复制的怪圈提供新的思路，本书收集了84个世界优秀集合住宅设计典范——既有发达国家的国际大都市如纽约、伦敦、巴黎、东京的高端住宅，也有它们的中档和经济住宅，全面展示了世界住宅的最新动态。它们都是形式与功能和谐统一的个性化建筑，除了住宅建筑需要侧重考虑的日照采光、视线、通风、公共与户外空间等因素外，它们还反映出当今住宅设计的趋势和方向是绿色、生态、集约、科技，突显着建筑理念的多元化、多重性和有机性。本书对每个项目的特点进行了总结归纳和评论分析，为国内徘徊在风格与复制中的建筑师们带来84种世界最先进住宅设计的全新思维，帮助设计师突破风格与复制，真正做到”以人为本，天人合一”。
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