Abstract

Increasingly, modern developments are built on a large scale, either as rehabilitated areas or new urban developments. Many of these housing projects deliver a sustainable concept. These large-scale housing developments in urban areas have started to favor high-rise buildings due to pressures on land and population growth, which is the case particularly in Asia, where many high-density sustainable developments are currently underway. Therefore the lessons should be learned from large-scale sustainable housing development cases in order to ensure the success of the many upcoming projects. For this specific case of Battery Park City Development (BPCD), a comparative analysis was used to evaluate and critique the design approaches for the large-scale sustainable housing development in high density. From the case study, it is apparent that BPCD serves as an instructive example of a development that has successfully reconciled density and low-energy design with a well-executed master plan and architectural design.