Ekistics: the science of human settlements (Doxiadis)
Ekística: ciencia de los asentamientos humanos (Doxiadis)
- Date
- 1942-1968 · confidence medium
- Place
- Athens, Greece
- Credited to
- Constantinos Doxiadis
- Field
- Tools
What was discovered
A discipline that studies human settlements from the dwelling to the city and the region through five elements (nature, man, society, buildings and networks) and several scales. Doxiadis applied it in Islamabad and in reconstruction projects.
Doxiadis coined the term in 1942 and his principles took shape in the 1950s; the journal Ekistics (1955) and the Delos Symposia gave it reach. The real influence of the method on urban planning is debated.
What it led to
- planning of new cities such as Islamabad
- the Delos Symposia (1963-1975) and the journal Ekistics