LEADER 03925 am 2200697 n 450 001 9910418024403321 005 20190830 010 $a979-1-03-654980-9 024 7 $a10.4000/books.ifp.5628 035 $a(CKB)4100000010959079 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-ifp-5628 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55442 035 $a(PPN)244247684 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010959079 100 $a20200414j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOrigins of the Urban Development of Pondicherry according to Seventeenth Century Dutch Plans /$fJean Deloche 210 $aPondichéry $cInstitut Français de Pondichéry$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (60 p.) 311 $a81-8470-123-3 330 $aThe modem plan of Pondicherry shows a large town in gridiron plan which obviously was extended to its present form through controlled urban development. Some Indian scholars consider that the town was built according to the principles of the ancient Hindu treatises of architecture, particularly the Silpa Sastra. French historians, on the other hand, feel that the plan should be considered as an achievement of «the French mind». In fact, the Dutch plans of Pondicherry dated 1693-1694, preserved at the National Archives at The Hague, show that the orthogonal street pattern of the town is a creation of the Dutch. The plans of 1693 show that, in François Martin's settlement, the streets or lanes were following an irregular pattern, without any shape or symmetry, whereas, in the plans drafted in 1694, during the Dutch occupation, one finds the design of a large new town, with a very regular geometric layout, rectangular blocks of houses, separated by straight streets, intersecting at right angles. This great urban project of the Dutch Company was adopted by the French who systematically carried out the extensive straightening out of streets into a planned grid, during the the first half of the 18th century. Le plan en damier de Pondichéry surprend les spécialistes d?histoire urbaine qui se demandent comment expliquer son origine. Certains chercheurs indiens pensent que la ville a été construite suivant les principes des anciens traités hindous d?architecture, en particulier les Silpa Sastra. Les historiens français, en revanche, estiment que ce plan d?urbanisme est ?une réussite de l?esprit français?. La vérité est que le schéma géométrique a été conçu par la Compagnie des Pays-Bas: l?analyse des plans hollandais de 1693-1694 déposés aux Archives nationales de La Haye montre qu?en vérité le schéma géométrique a été conçu par les Hollandais. En effet, leurs plans de 1693 montrent que la ville de François Martin était construite suivant un plan anarchique avec des? 606 $aUrban Studies 606 $aHistory 606 $ahistoire 606 $acartographie 606 $aville 606 $aurbanisme 606 $ahollandais 606 $ahistory 606 $acartography 606 $acity 606 $aurbanism 606 $aDutch 610 $aurbanism 610 $acity 610 $ahistory 610 $acartography 610 $aDutch 615 4$aUrban Studies 615 4$aHistory 615 4$ahistoire 615 4$acartographie 615 4$aville 615 4$aurbanisme 615 4$ahollandais 615 4$ahistory 615 4$acartography 615 4$acity 615 4$aurbanism 615 4$aDutch 700 $aDeloche$b Jean$0641090 701 $aDeloche$b Jean$0641090 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910418024403321 996 $aOrigins of the Urban Development of Pondicherry according to Seventeenth Century Dutch Plans$93027781 997 $aUNINA