I would love to extend my courtyard coverage to examples from other continents.
There are lots of amazing courtyard forms in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. But I haven’t yet seen any examples of the perimeter blocks made up of the small-lot, mixed-use, wide and shallow buildings. I am focused on these because I think they have the best chance of reversing suburban trend of US population.
Would love to get links to examples in other parts of the world of the small lot, mixed use, wide and shallow perimeter blocks!
Yeah, you're right. Middle-Eastern courtyards I'm familiar with are mostly multi-generational, extended family compounds, which fits less in America culturally.
Thanks for the shout out, Simon! I’m excited to join the urbanism conversation here on Substack—and make the case that courtyard forms can help cities appeal to a broader demographic.
I would love to extend my courtyard coverage to examples from other continents.
There are lots of amazing courtyard forms in Asia, Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. But I haven’t yet seen any examples of the perimeter blocks made up of the small-lot, mixed-use, wide and shallow buildings. I am focused on these because I think they have the best chance of reversing suburban trend of US population.
Would love to get links to examples in other parts of the world of the small lot, mixed use, wide and shallow perimeter blocks!
Yeah, you're right. Middle-Eastern courtyards I'm familiar with are mostly multi-generational, extended family compounds, which fits less in America culturally.
Thanks for the shout out, Simon! I’m excited to join the urbanism conversation here on Substack—and make the case that courtyard forms can help cities appeal to a broader demographic.