Konstantinos A. Doxiadis

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Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Δοξιάδης , born May 14, 1913 in Stenimachos ; † June 28, 1975 in Athens ) was a Greek architect and urban planner of the modern age. He became known as the main architect of the Pakistani capital Islamabad and the city of Rawalpindi . He later turned to architectural theory. The Doxiadis Associates office still exists today.

Life

Doxiadis graduated from the Technical University of Athens in 1935 and received his doctorate a year later from the Technical University of Berlin . In 1936 he became an urban planner for the city of Athens , and from 1940 to 1945 he worked as an urban planner in the Ministry of Construction. From 1945 he was the head of various development programs. He started his own business in 1951 with Doxiadis Associates . He later became a professor at Oxford.

After contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , he worked extensively on this incurable disease to support researchers.

Works (selection)

Teacher-Student Center, Dhaka
Satellite image of Islamabad, the division into sectors is easy to see, in the south lies the city of Rawalpindi

In total, Doxiadis has managed several hundred projects, including:

Working as an urban planner

  • City of Islamabad (Pakistan)
  • City of Rawalpindi (Pakistan)
  • Al-Burayqah City (Libya)
  • City of Tema (Ghana)
  • Urban planning Rio de Janeiro ("Plano Doxiadis")
  • Urban planning Baghdad ("Master Plan of Baghdad")
  • Traffic planning for Baghdad, Basra, Mosul
  • Planning the tourist infrastructure of Otranto
  • Planning of the tourist infrastructure of Andalusia and the Costa del Sol
  • Regional Study of the Great Lakes Megalopolis, USA
  • Regional Study of the Urban Area of ​​Detroit, Michigan, USA

Working as an architect

  • Teacher Student Center (TSC) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Teacher Training College Center, Horns, Syria
  • Campus of Punjab University in Lahore
  • Plaza Building Complex, Detroit Edison Company, Detroit
  • Doxiadis' architectural office (1955–1961), 24 Stratiotikou Syndesmou St., Lycabettus, Athens
  • National Hellenic Research Foundation (1961–1975) at 48 Vas. Konstantinou Ave., Athens
  • Apollonio Summer Resort (1970-81), Porto Rafti , Athens

Fonts (selection)

See the list of publications (PDF; 131 kB)

  • Spatial planning in Greek urban planning. Vowinckel, Heidelberg; Berlin 1937 (= dissertation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Saxon: Constantinos Doxiadis, City Planner, Is Dead at 62nd New York Times, June 29, 1975
personal data
SURNAME Doxiadis, Konstantinos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Doxiadis, Konstantinos Apostolos (full name); Δοξιάδης, Κωνσταντίνος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek architect and urban planner of the modern age
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Stenimachos
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1975
Place of death Athens