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    Philosophy of " Doxiadis": B. Arch 7 Semester

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    Doxiadis coined the term "ekistics" to describe the science of human settlements and their development over time. He believed cities should be designed according to five principles: maximizing human contact with nature, people, and structures; minimizing effort for interaction; optimizing protective space; optimizing the quality of relationships with the environment; and achieving an optimal synthesis of the other principles. Doxiadis felt cities should be allowed to expand freely according to a plan, and that migration to cities is a decision by people seeking prosperity rather than an escape from disaster, with every community respecting different beliefs and customs.

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    Doxiadis coined the term "ekistics" to describe the science of human settlements and their development over time. He believed cities should be designed according to five principles: maximizing human contact with nature, people, and structures; minimizing effort for interaction; optimizing protective space; optimizing the quality of relationships with the environment; and achieving an optimal synthesis of the other principles. Doxiadis felt cities should be allowed to expand freely according to a plan, and that migration to cities is a decision by people seeking prosperity rather than an escape from disaster, with every community respecting different beliefs and customs.

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    Doxiadis coined the term "ekistics" to describe the science of human settlements and their development over time. He believed cities should be designed according to five principles: maximizing human contact with nature, people, and structures; minimizing effort for interaction; optimizing protective space; optimizing the quality of relationships with the environment; and achieving an optimal synthesis of the other principles. Doxiadis felt cities should be allowed to expand freely according to a plan, and that migration to cities is a decision by people seeking prosperity rather than an escape from disaster, with every community respecting different beliefs and customs.

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    Philosophy

    of
    “ DOXIADIS”

    B. Arch 7th semester


    EKISTICS
    ACCORDING TO DOXIADIS:

    In order to create the cities of the future, we need to systematically develop a science
    of human settlements.
    • The term Ekistics was coined by Greek architect and urban planner
    Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis in 1942 of human settlements through history
    in terms of size and quality.

    • The target is to build the city of optimum size, that is, a city which respects
    human dimensions.

    • Since there is no point in resisting development, we should try to accommodate


    technological evolution and the needs of man within the same settlement.
    The Principles:
    In shaping his settlements, man has always acted in obedience to five principles.
    • The first principle is maximization of man's potential contacts with the elements
    of nature (such as water and trees), with other people, and with the works of man
    (such as buildings and roads).

    • The second principle is minimization of the effort required for the achievement of
    man's actual and potential contacts.

    • The third principle is optimization of man's protective space, which means the
    selection of such a distance from other persons, animals, or objects that he can keep
    his contacts with them (first principle) without any kind of sensory or psychological
    discomfort.

    • The fourth principle is optimization of the quality of man's relationship with his
    environment, which consists of nature, society, shells (buildings and houses of all
    sorts), and networks (ranging from roads to telecommunications).

    • Finally, and this is the fifth principle, man organizes his settlements in an attempt to
    achieve an optimum synthesis of the other four principles.
    To Sum up…..
    • Doxiadis feels that the city should expand and its growth should have the
    freedom but with a plan.

    • The migration to the cities cannot be stopped. The migrants are neither
    drifting towards the attraction of city lights nor they are refugees from a
    sudden disaster.

    • The migrants are a selected group of people at the peak of their work power
    who have taken a decision about their future to live in the city.

    • Every community should prosper in its own way and lives in harmony, the
    beliefs and customs should not be injured.
    THANK YOU…

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