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Urban Planning and Infrastructure
This chapter presents the urban planning and demonstrates three major points. First, Archaic Greek colonies in southern Italy and Sicily were the testing ground, the “crucible” of city planning, to quote Graham Shipley, and they offer the best insights into the principles and process of early efforts. Second, although the tradition that Hippodamos of Miletos was responsible for the celebrated plan of that city in the second quarter of the fifth century is perpetuated in textbooks and popular histories of the “Hippodamian” or gridded plan, Hippodamos must actually have been active as a theorist and practitioner of planning somewhat later in the century; his major contributions were far from his home and no less significant. Finally, the standardized plans that characterized many new cities in the Hellenistic world, the planners of several sites exploited topography in such a way as to create dramatic and highly effective cityscapes.
Urban Planning and Infrastructure
This chapter presents the urban planning and demonstrates three major points. First, Archaic Greek colonies in southern Italy and Sicily were the testing ground, the “crucible” of city planning, to quote Graham Shipley, and they offer the best insights into the principles and process of early efforts. Second, although the tradition that Hippodamos of Miletos was responsible for the celebrated plan of that city in the second quarter of the fifth century is perpetuated in textbooks and popular histories of the “Hippodamian” or gridded plan, Hippodamos must actually have been active as a theorist and practitioner of planning somewhat later in the century; his major contributions were far from his home and no less significant. Finally, the standardized plans that characterized many new cities in the Hellenistic world, the planners of several sites exploited topography in such a way as to create dramatic and highly effective cityscapes.
Urban Planning and Infrastructure
Miles, Margaret M. (editor) / Robinson, Betsey A. (author)
A Companion to Greek Architecture ; 239-253
2016-08-08
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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