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Origins of the urban development of Pondicherry according to seventeenth century Dutch plans / / Jean Deloche



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Autore: Deloche Jean Visualizza persona
Titolo: Origins of the urban development of Pondicherry according to seventeenth century Dutch plans / / Jean Deloche Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Pondichéry : , : Institut Français de Pondichéry, , 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (69 pages)
Disciplina: 307.760954
Soggetto topico: Urbanization - India
Geography - India
Sommario/riassunto: The 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 voies irrégulières, diversement orientées, reliant principalement des jardins, alors que ceux de 1694, réalisés pendant l'occupation hollandaise, présentent des surfaces divisées en rectangles égaux et des rues tirées au cordeau d'une rectitude et d'une harmonie singulières, correspondant à un grand projet de réorganisation urbaine repris et achevé par les gouverneurs français de Pondichéry dans la première moitié du xviiie siècle.
Titolo autorizzato: Origins of the Urban Development of Pondicherry according to Seventeenth Century Dutch Plans  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910725993903321
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