Originally published in German in 1937 under the title Raumordnung im griechischen Städtebau.
English translation by Jaqueline Tyrwhitt.
Doxiadis is best known as an architect-planner, as a consultant with an international clientele, as something of a prophet whose outlook is focused on man's worldwide future. But here, in his first major study, originally published in German in 1937, Doxiadis looks back into the past, to the architectural roots of his native Greece.
He works out a theory that accounts for the seemingly unordered layout of the buildings in ancient Greek sacred precincts, proposing that the spatial relationships between the buildings were strictly determined according to a plan.
Doxiadis examines in detail nearly thirty sites, charts their layouts, and presents relevant linear and angular measurements. Numerous site plans and about forty halftones complement the text. The full references include many recent sources. The trim size of the book itself is proportioned by means of the golden section.
Author(s): Constantinos A. Doxiadis
Publisher: The MIT Press
Year: 1972
Language: English
Pages: 256
City: Cambridge, MA; London
Tags: Architecture;Buildings;Criticism;Decoration & Ornament;Drafting & Presentation;Historic Preservation;History;Individual Architects & Firms;Interior Design;Landscape;Project Planning & Management;Regional;Security Design;Sustainability & Green Design;Urban & Land Use Planning;Vernacular;Arts & Photography
I Discovery of the Ancient Greek System of Architectural Spacing
- 1 Investigation
- 2 Documentation
- 3 Conclusion: Development of the Twelve- and Ten-Part System of Architectural Spacing
II Description of Some Ancient Greek Sites
- 4 Use of the Twelve- and the Ten-Part System
- - The Acropolis at Athens
- 5 Use of the Twelve-Part System
- - The Temple Terrace of Apollo at Delphi
- - The Sacred Precinct of Aphaia at Aegina
- - The Delphineion at Miletus
- - The Agora at Miletus
- - The Altis at Olympia
- - The Sacred Precinct of Poseidon at Sounion
- - The Agora at Pergamon
- - The Sacred Precinct of Athena at Pergamon
- - The Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
- 6 Use of the Ten-Part System
- - The Heraion at Samos
- - The Asclepeion at Cos
- - The Agora and the Temple of Athena at Priene
- - The Sacred Precinct of the Olympian Zeus at Priene
- - The Sacred Precinct of Artemis at Magnesia
- - The Agora and the Temple of Zeus at Magnesia
- - The Corinthian Temple at Palmyra
- 7 Use of Exceptions to the System
- - The Sacred Precinct of Demeter Malophoros at Selinus
- - The Sacred Precinct of Athena at Sounion
- - The Sacred Precinct of Demeter at Priene
- - The Sacred Precinct of the Egyptian Gods at Priene
