High Density Building

Many years later, techonological advances have enabled taller buildings to be constructed in areas where land is scarce but in high demand. These areas are described as high density area because there are many people working or living per unit area. In Singapore, the Housing Development Board (HDP) plans to build flats of 30 storeys or more in order to maximise the land use. Many of these flats are located in the more established housing estates such as Bishan and Toa Payoh, or close to the city centre such as Tanjong Pagar.

Advantages and Disadvantages of mixed landuse

Adventages of index landuse

Many facilities are usually located within working distance of each other so, people can enjoy the convenience of having thier homes, jobs and wide range of services within the same area. Additionally, the variety of activities carried out within the area can meet the needs of many users and thus have to maximise urban landuse.

Disadvantages of index landuse

In many cities, the creation of mixed landuse areas needs both the construction and reconstruction of new and old buildings as well as transport networks. These can be expensive.

Locating residential areas close to other functions such as industries and shopping areas may lead to traffic congestion as well as noise and air pollution due to the increased amounts of human and vehicle traffic.

Mixed Landuse

Mixed Landuse is usually a consequence of landuse planning.

Landuse planning is the process by which different areas on a piece of land are assigned for different landuses.

Cities and Towns are planned based on zones which each zones have different function. For example: industrial, commercial, housing or leisure.

People have to travel over long distances to get from one zone to another. In order to allow them to travel form zone to zone, countries are starting to develop mixed landuse project. Mixed landuse projects involve combination of shopping malls , offices, houses and hotels in one area. Some landuses are closely packed in a small area and connect pestrian walkways and escalators.

Nowadays, mixed landuse projects are developing on a small scale in many cities such as London and Singapore, usually on areas of a few hectares.