URBAN MORPHOLOGY TYPES OF URBAN PLANS By Gema

URBAN MORPHOLOGY TYPES OF URBAN PLANS By Gema Moratalla

THE MOST COMMON PLANS ARE: • ORTHOGONAL • IRREGULAR • RADIAL • LINEAR • COMBINATION THEM OF ALL OF

ORTHOGONAL PLANS GREEKS HIPPODAMUS OF MILETUS INVENTED THIS MODEL FOR THE POLEIS OF PIRAEUS:

ORTHOGONAL PLANS ROMANS BECAME EXPERTS BECAUSE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MILITARY CAMPS:

ORTHOGONAL PLANS TIMGAD

ORTHOGONAL PLANS POMPE Y

ORTHOGONAL PLANS 19 TH CENTURY BECAME THE CENTURY OF ORTHOGONAL CITIES: BARCELONA - ENSANCHE

ORTHOGONAL PLANS 19 TH CENTURY BECAME THE CENTURY OF ORTHOGONAL CITIES: MANHATTAN - NYC

IRREGULAR PLANS THESE WERE TYPICAL IN THE MIDDLE AGES WHEN CITIES WERE NOT ORGANIZED: SALAMANCA

IRREGULAR PLANS THE PLAN OF MUSLIM MEDIEVAL CITIES (MEDINAS) WERE SIMILAR: MARRAKECH

IRREGULAR PLANS MEDIEVAL CITIES USED TO HAVE WALLS:

IRREGULAR PLANS WHEN ARTILLERY WAS INVENTED, WALLS WERE NOT USEFUL ANYMORE. THAT’S WHY CITADELS WERE DESIGNED: CITADEL OF JACA

RADIAL PLANS SOMETIMES, THE NEED OF CITADELS GAVE BIRTH TO RADIAL CITIES: PALMANOVA – 16 TH CENTURY

RADIAL PLANS THESE PLANS CAN BE FOUND IN CITIES THAT ARE IN THE CENTRE OF SOMETHING: MADRID – PUERTA DEL SOL AND SURROUNDINGS

RADIAL PLANS SOME EXPANSIONS IN THE 19 TH CENTURY WERE ALSO BASED ON THIS TYPE OF PLAN: PARIS – TRIUMPH ARCH AREA

LINEAR PLANS SOMETIMES CITIES GROW CLOSE TO A COAST LINE, ALONG A RIVER, ETC. GOLD COAST - AUSTRALIA

LINEAR PLANS CADIZ IS ON A LONG PENINSULA AND HAS A BIG AVENUE AS AN AXIS: CADIZ

LINEAR PLANS THE MOST FAMOUS LINEAR PLAN IS “CIUDAD LINEAL” DESIGNED BY ARTURO SORIA:

LINEAR PLANS NOWADAYS IS PART OF THE CITY OF MADRID:

COMBINATION MOST OF THE CITIES HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS AS A PART OF THEIR ESTRUCTURE. THE REASON IS THEIR GROWTH THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

COMBINATION VALENCIA

COMBINATION BARCELONA

COMBINATION MADRID