Master ProgramIslamic UniversityUrban planning and

DesignFirst Semester 2010-2011

IntroductionPresentation Mythology

¨1 Principle one: a balance with nature2 Principle two: a balance with tradition3 Principle three: appropriate technology4 Principle four: conviviality4.1 A place for the individual4.2 A place for friendship4.3 A place for householders4.4 A place for the neighborhood4.5 A place for communities4.6 A place for the city domain5 Principle five: efficiency6 Principle six: human scale7 Principle seven: opportunity matrix8 Principle eight: regional integration9 Principle nine: balanced movement10 Principle ten: institutional integrity

q The PIU evolved from the city planning guidelines formulated by the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM)

q It is most prominently seen in plans prepared by Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger. and his numerous colleagues in the Asian context (Benninger 2001). They form the elements of the planning curriculum at the School of Planning, Ahmedabad, which Benninger founded in 1971.

q It is most prominently seen in plans prepared by Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger. and his numerous colleagues in the Asian context (Benninger 2001). They form the elements of the planning curriculum at the School of Planning, Ahmedabad, which Benninger founded in 1971.

sponsors social interaction through public domains, in a hierarchy of places, devised for personal solace, companionship, romance, domesticity, neighborliness, and COMMUNITY and civic life.

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¨Benninger, C. (2001) ‘Principles of intelligent urbanism’, Ekistics 69(412): 39–65.

¨(2002) ‘Principles of intelligent urbanism’, in Thimphu Structure Plan, Thimphu: Royal

Government of Bhutan.¨Williams, T. (2003) ‘Smart advice for urban

growth’, Regeneration & Renewal, 6 June.