Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

Rapid urbanization, westernization, and modernization that are taking place have great impact on life-style and the material culture of people. ‘Infill buildings development’ in its simplest manifestation is the organization or re-development of parcel land that has been bypassed and still vacant and underutilized as a result of the progressing processes. Infill development can happen everywhere, it can be parcel of land that is underutilized compared to the surroundings such as urban areas, village settings, or areas with large lot of developments. Historic contexts, which give information about the historic trends or history of localities are often faced with problems due to the growth in population and high increasing demands of the infill buildings in conjunction with lack of proper designs. Today, professionals such as architects, planners, builders as well as concerned politicians are working towards the improvement of historic contexts, by expanding and increasing the density of the existing areas to create good walk-able neighborhoods that respect each other. Moreover, proper integrated infill buildings in historic contexts offer sustainable development, economic and cultural growth, as well as social and environmental opportunities. Using a literature survey as method of generating data, this paper discusses the effective strategies and concepts for the development of integrated infill buildings in historic contexts. The study also explores responsible infill buildings in the historic contexts. While considering the strategies, the discussions include the best ways to maintain the historic contexts and also options for embracing the existing contexts through infill buildings.