GREEK CITY PLANNING

SUBMITTED BY :
SOMYA
ANKUL
MAYANK

Ancient Greece: City Planning

Greek architecture was mostly focused on public
buildings
City planning was based upon the inhabitants and the
terrain
ANCIENT GREEK CITIES :
Aenus
Athens
Astacus
Baris
Calydon
Dilphe
Dion

ATHEN CITY PLANNING

The entire development of Athens has originated from the acropolis. It is the focal
point of Athens.
The Acropolis hill, so called the "Sacred Rock" of Athens, is the most
important site of the city.

ATHENS

Athens is one of the oldest named city in the world having continuously inhabitated
For at least 7000 years.
Athens began its achivements during the 5th century bc.

 Athens grew from its focal point , the acropolis, which became the ceremonial
Center of the city-state , decked with temples including the parthenon.
it has an organic plan.
Propylea is the main entrance gate at athens.
Agora was the center of athenian life.laid out 6th century bc.,northwest of the ac
Ropolis,it was a square lined by public buildings,which served athens needs for
Commerce and politics.
the placement of buildings were decided on natural factors such as the morphology of
the land .
For eg the theatres were generally built around a slope to provide natural seating.
The agora was built over a flat surface.
The houses were generally placed along the southern slope and part of acropolis facing
the sea.

 The placement of buildings were decided on natural factors such as the morphology of
the land
For eg. The theatres were generally built around a slope to provide natural seating.
The Agora was built over a flat surface.

The houses were generally placed along the southern slope and part of Acropolis
facing the sea.

No concrete town planning

appears to have existed; the
streets of the city were in
their majority narrow and
irregular in shape, while the
inhabitants built their houses
arbitrarily
Peisistratos built the
first wall around the
city. This wall was
almost circular and had
eight gates. Many
monuments were built
on the Acropolis
For the first time an
underground aqueduct
was constructed to
bring water from
mount Hymettus.

 City rebuilt
according to
plan devised by
Hippodamus
Themistocles
wall was built
around the city.
Athens soon
prospered
again.

 Hippodamus
o Famous Greek intellectual who devised a five step plan to city
planning.
o Five step plan
City was cut by several main streets crossing at right angles
The resulting rectangles were subdivided into blocks
The blocks were further subdivided into house plots
Public buildings were placed accordingly to avoid congestion
The plan of the city was based on the particular terrain
Hippodamos devised an ideal city to be inhabited by 50,000 people

He studied the functional problems of cities and linked them to the

state administration system.
As a result he divided the citizens into three classes (soldiers, artisans
and 'husbandmen'), with the land also divided into three (sacred,
public and private).
The port of the harbour-town Peiraeus grew in importance. Ship
sheds and dry docks were constructed for the warships. He planned
the arrangement Peiraeus at Athens in the middle of the fifth century
BC.

 the streets of athens as narrow and

tortuous , unpaved, unlighted and more like
Chaos of mud and sewage than even the usual
greek road.

Broad, straight
streets
Right angles
Open space for
development
of agora