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The Logic of the Grid: A Structural and Representational Tool for the Ekistics

Year 2022, Volume: 13 Issue: 37, 2068 - 2082, 14.11.2022
https://doi.org/10.31198/idealkent.1124799

Abstract

This study focused on Ekistics, the proposed science of human settlements by Constantinos A. Doxiadis in the 1960s, with reference to the current discussions in the field of knowledge, particularly the exponential growth in the amount of data. The conditions which led Doxiadis to found a new science of human settlements were discussed in a comparative manner to the current challenges scientists face today in the age of Big Data. Ekistics used the logic of the grid as an essential element in both construction and representation of the new science of human settlements. In the article, this new science was primarily considered as an effort to data-basing all human settlements that ever existed regardless of their scales, and it is argued that the logic of Ekistics fits better as a tool for analysis and documentation since it is very analytically constructed as a grid. Even though the grid logic corresponds to physical systems in the city, like roads or other infrastructural elements, abstract relationships between disciplines, or the flow of information, in Doxiadis’ formulation, the grid remains a two-dimensional construct that presupposes linear advancement from analysis to production.

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  • Doxiadis, C.A. (1972a) Ekistics, the science of human settlements. Ekistics, 33(197), 237-247.
  • Doxiadis, C. A. (1972b). Order in our thinking: The need for a total approach to the Anthropocosmos. Ekistics, 34(200), 43–46.
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  • Tsiambaos, K. (2007). Design strategies in a global world. Ekistics, 74(442/447), 278–284.
  • Tyrwhitt J., Perović, M. (1985) Planning tools and grids. Ekistics, 52(314/315), 448-452.
  • Tyrwhitt, J. (1962) What is Ekistics? Ekistics, 14(84), 192.
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Grid: Ekistics için Bir İnşa ve Temsil Aracı

Year 2022, Volume: 13 Issue: 37, 2068 - 2082, 14.11.2022
https://doi.org/10.31198/idealkent.1124799

Abstract

Bu çalışma, 1960'larda Constantinos A. Doxiadis tarafından geliştirilen insan yerleşimleri bilimi olan Ekistics’e, özellikle veri miktarındaki büyük artış başta olmak üzere bilgi alanındaki güncel tartışmalara referansla odaklanmıştır. Doxiadis'i yeni bir insan yerleşimleri bilimi kurmasına yönlendiren koşullar, bilim adamlarının bugün büyük veri çağında karşılaştığı mevcut zorluklarla karşılaştırmalı bir şekilde tartışılmıştır. Doxiadis, grid mantığını, kurmaya çalıştığı bu yeni insan yerleşimleri biliminin hem inşasında hem de temsilinde temel bir unsur olarak kullanmıştır. Makalede bu yeni bilim, ölçekleri ne olursa olsun, var olan tüm insan yerleşimlerini veriye dayandırma çabası olarak ele alınmış ve Ekistics için kurgulanan gridin analitik yapılandırıldığı gerekçesiyle bir analiz ve belgeleme aracı olarak görülmesinin daha uygun olduğu iddia edilmiştir. Her ne kadar grid fiziksel yapısıyla hem kente ait yolların veya diğer altyapı unsurlarının ilişkilerini hem de disiplinler arasındaki soyut ilişkileri ve bilgi akışını kavramsal olarak temsil etme potansiyeline sahip olsa da, Doxiadis'in formülasyonunda grid, analizden üretime doğrusal bir ilerlemeyi varsayan iki boyutlu bir şema olarak kalmaktadır.

References

  • Alexander, Z. Ç. (2014). Neo-Naturalism. Log, 31, 23–30.
  • Aronova, E., von Oertzen, C., & Sepkoski, D. (2017) Introduction: Historicizing big data. Osiris, 32(1), 1-17. Basa, İ. (2015) Kentsel hafızanın sürdürülebilirliği: Bir mimarlık stüdyosu deneyimi. Sanat ve Tasarım Dergisi, 1(15), 27-42.
  • Boyer, C. (2016) The total organization of life/ Constantin Doxiadis. Van den Heuvel, D., Muñoz Sanz, V. (eds.) Total Space. Insert in Volume, 50, 13.
  • Croset, P., Canclini, Andrea. (2020) On the CIAM 7 Grid: From an ideological to a critical tool. The Plan Journal, 5(1), 89-117.
  • Davoudi, S. (2012). The legacy of positivism and the emergence of interpretive tradition in spatial planning. Regional Studies, 46(4), 429-441.
  • Doxiadis, C.A. (1963) Ekistics and traffic. Traffic Quarterly, 17(3), 439-457.
  • Doxiadis, C.A. (1968) Ekistics: An introduction to the science of human settlements. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Doxiadis, C.A. (1970) Ekistics, the science of human settlements. Science, 170(3956), 393- 404.
  • Doxiadis, C.A. (1972a) Ekistics, the science of human settlements. Ekistics, 33(197), 237-247.
  • Doxiadis, C. A. (1972b). Order in our thinking: The need for a total approach to the Anthropocosmos. Ekistics, 34(200), 43–46.
  • Keleş, R. (2020). The growth of ecological concerns in world capitals. Journal of Urban Research and Development,1(1), 17-29.
  • Lefebvre, H. (1991) The Production of Space. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Leonelli, S. (2020). Learning from data journeys. Leonelli, S., Tempini, N. (eds.) Data journeys in the sciences. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  • Madanipour, A. (2010) The limits of scientific planning: Doxiadis and the Tehran action plan, Planning Perspectives, 25(4), 485-504. Merriam-Webster dictionary online edition. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con-.
  • Pyla, P. (1994) Revisiting scientific epistemology in architecture: Ekistics and modernism in the middle east. Unpublished master's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
  • The anthropocosmos model. (1976). Ekistics, 41(247), 358–361.
  • Tsiambaos, K. (2007). Design strategies in a global world. Ekistics, 74(442/447), 278–284.
  • Tyrwhitt J., Perović, M. (1985) Planning tools and grids. Ekistics, 52(314/315), 448-452.
  • Tyrwhitt, J. (1962) What is Ekistics? Ekistics, 14(84), 192.
  • Tyrwhitt, J. (1978) Background to C.A. Doxiadis' ecology and ekistics. Ekistics, 45(266), 12- 19.
  • Wigley, M. (2001) Network fever. Grey Room, 4, 82- 122.
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Primary Language English
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Zuhal Acar 0000-0003-4315-6948

Early Pub Date September 7, 2022
Publication Date November 14, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 13 Issue: 37

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APA Acar, Z. (2022). The Logic of the Grid: A Structural and Representational Tool for the Ekistics. İDEALKENT, 13(37), 2068-2082. https://doi.org/10.31198/idealkent.1124799