What’s on the Housing Typologies poster
A 6-row table: Type · Storeys · Density.
Indicative densities in dwellings per hectare.
- Detached suburban — 1 to 2 — 10 to 25
- Terrace or row house — 2 to 3 — 40 to 75
- Mews and courtyard — 2 to 3 — 60 to 100
- Perimeter block flats — 4 to 7 — 100 to 250
- Mansion block — 5 to 8 — 150 to 300
- Point block tower — 12 plus — 150 to 400
Ranges are indicative and vary widely with unit size, parking and open space. Perimeter blocks give the best density per storey.
Questions about the Housing Typologies poster
- What’s on the Housing Typologies poster?
- A 6-row table: Type · Storeys · Density. Indicative densities in dwellings per hectare. Detached suburban — 1 to 2 — 10 to 25; Terrace or row house — 2 to 3 — 40 to 75; Mews and courtyard — 2 to 3 — 60 to 100; Perimeter block flats — 4 to 7 — 100 to 250; Mansion block — 5 to 8 — 150 to 300; Point block tower — 12 plus — 150 to 400. Ranges are indicative and vary widely with unit size, parking and open space. Perimeter blocks give the best density per storey.
- Who is the Housing Typologies poster for?
- Housing Typologies belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning urban design can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Housing Typologies poster?
- Use it when a masterplan needs a target density. Pick the type, then check the number. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Housing Typologies belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Housing Typologies?
- Density, Active Frontage and Garden City sit alongside Housing Typologies in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.DensityActive FrontageGarden City
- Is the Housing Typologies poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Housing Typologies downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Housing Typologies poster print at?
- Housing Typologies is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Housing Typologies loses nothing.Printing guide
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