Hippodamian plan
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The Hippodamian plan is an ancient Greek urban planning system characterized by a regular grid of streets and orderly city blocks, attributed to the architect Hippodamus of Miletus.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippodamian grid plan | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek innovation
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street grid plan ⓘ urban planning system ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
create orderly and rational cities
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facilitate circulation and access ⓘ |
| appliedTo | colonial foundations in the Greek world ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hippodamus of Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | organic medieval street patterns ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
functional zoning of residential, commercial, and civic areas
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geometric regularity ⓘ public space organization ⓘ separation of public and private areas ⓘ |
| field |
city design
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urban planning ⓘ |
| hasBlockShape |
rectangular blocks
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square blocks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
orderly city blocks
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orthogonal street layout ⓘ rational city organization ⓘ rectangular insulae ⓘ regular grid of streets ⓘ zoning by function ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
central agora or forum area
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cross streets ⓘ main longitudinal streets ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
planning of Roman military camps (castra)
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planning of many North American grid cities ⓘ |
| hasStreetOrientation | streets intersecting at right angles ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic city planning
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Roman city planning ⓘ later European urban planning ⓘ modern grid plan cities ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hippodamus of Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedInCulture | ancient Greek civilization ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
grid plan
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orthogonal urban layout ⓘ |
| theorizedBy | Hippodamus of Miletus as ideal city form ⓘ |
| usedInCity |
Miletus
NERFINISHED
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Piraeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Hippodamian grid plan