PLANNING AND FUNCTIONAL ZONING OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROMAN TOWNS IN WORKS OF ANTIQUE AUTHORS
Abstract
The paper is devoted to the initial stages of town building which took place after sanctify ritual of selecting district. At first stage, the strategic fasten of territory and the raising of fortifications were made. At the second stage, geodesic planning of the future streets was provided. At the last stage, a territory was zoned for town squares, important administrative, public, commercial, and cult constructions. The regular planning was rendered most efficiently the radial one. Rectangular network of streets allowed more rational division of the inhabited parts between citizens. The possibility of increasing the number of different functional centres appeared, namely: administrative, worship, cultural, educational, spectacle, sporting, trading, and etc. Water-supply and sewerage systems became more perfect, and gardens and parks appeared.
About the Authors
EUGENY N. Polyakov
Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
YULIYA Е. Kryukova
Tomsk State University of Architecture and Building
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Polyakov E.N., Kryukova Yu.Е. PLANNING AND FUNCTIONAL ZONING OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROMAN TOWNS IN WORKS OF ANTIQUE AUTHORS. Vestnik of Tomsk state university of architecture and building. 2015;(2):75-88. (In Russ.)
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