Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis: City

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis was Greek architect. Explore interesting quotes on city.
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis: 52 quotes3 likes

“If we do not understand furniture we cannot understand the city”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 6, The furniture, p. 70

“When we build a city we must answer the most basic question as for any type of project: who is the master whom we have to serve?”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 4, Definition of Entopia, p. 38

“If we have the most perfect neighborhoods without proper connections between them we do not have a city, but nomadic life in a jungle.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 16, The need for a system, p. 240

“The realistic view of the City of the Future accepts that it will be a global city.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 1, Ecumenopolis, p. 2

“The real city is the whole territory within which people move every day.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 1, Ecumenopolis, p. 15

“The social aspect in city building is now completely overlooked.”

Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

Source: Building Entopia - 1975, Chapter 5, The road to Entopia, p. 60