The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the urban habitat

Population increases, advances in technology and the continued trend towards inner-city migration have transformed the traditional city of spaces into the modern city of objects. This has necessitated alternative spatial and technological solutions to replenish those environments that were once so intrinsic to society’s day-to-day interactions and communal activities.

This book considers skycourts and skygardens as ‘alternative social spaces’ that form part of a broader multi-level urban inf...