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Table des matières
Introduction7
Chapter I: Reconciling high-rise living ans the Sun 23
The nature of the question 23
The L/H rule 28
The L/B rule 37
The isolated tower and the development
of vertical neighborhoods 44
From 1980 on in Europe 46
Chapter II: Networks of the Cities 49
Concentration and distribution 49
The theoretical model 51
Chapter III: Architecture of towers 69
The orders of magnitude 70
The respect of our five senses and of physiology 72
Social relationships 74
The typical floor plan 74
Vertical networks 80
The base of the tower 82
Chapter IV: Construction of the towers 83
Structural Statics 83
Structural dynamics 85
Resistance to fire and malevolence 88
Chapter V: The new small vertical city 91
Structure and infrastructure of the small vertical city 103
