LEADER 03653nam 2200361 450 001 9910725993903321 005 20230703083120.0 024 7 $a10.4000/books.ifp.5628 035 $a(CKB)5470000002601909 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000002601909 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002601909 100 $a20230703d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOrigins of the urban development of Pondicherry according to seventeenth century Dutch plans /$fJean Deloche 210 1$aPondiche?ry :$cInstitut Franc?ais de Pondiche?ry,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (69 pages) 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 Franc?ois 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 Pondiche?ry surprend les spe?cialistes d'histoire urbaine qui se demandent comment expliquer son origine. Certains chercheurs indiens pensent que la ville a e?te? construite suivant les principes des anciens traite?s hindous d'architecture, en particulier les Silpa Sastra. Les historiens franc?ais, en revanche, estiment que ce plan d'urbanisme est "une re?ussite de l'esprit franc?ais". La ve?rite? est que le sche?ma ge?ome?trique a e?te? conc?u par la Compagnie des Pays-Bas: l'analyse des plans hollandais de 1693-1694 de?pose?s aux Archives nationales de La Haye montre qu'en ve?rite? le sche?ma ge?ome?trique a e?te? conc?u par les Hollandais. En effet, leurs plans de 1693 montrent que la ville de Franc?ois Martin e?tait construite suivant un plan anarchique avec des voies irre?gulie?res, diversement oriente?es, reliant principalement des jardins, alors que ceux de 1694, re?alise?s pendant l'occupation hollandaise, pre?sentent des surfaces divise?es en rectangles e?gaux et des rues tire?es au cordeau d'une rectitude et d'une harmonie singulie?res, correspondant a? un grand projet de re?organisation urbaine repris et acheve? par les gouverneurs franc?ais de Pondiche?ry dans la premie?re moitie? du xviiie sie?cle. 606 $aUrbanization$zIndia 606 $aGeography$zIndia 615 0$aUrbanization 615 0$aGeography 676 $a307.760954 700 $aDeloche$b Jean$0641090 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910725993903321 996 $aOrigins of the Urban Development of Pondicherry according to Seventeenth Century Dutch Plans$93027781 997 $aUNINA