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- Title
The Environmental Friendly Historic Urban Planning in Potohar Plateau, Pakistan: Lessons for modern architectural plans.
- Authors
Jawad, Alia; Arif, Sadeed
- Abstract
The paper presents the nature and scope of environmental friendly urban/town planning and residential buildings of late 19th and early 20th century in Potohar Plateau. The study of urban/town planning includes a description of residential quarters of cities and towns, the rules for making streets, lighting them at night; the relationship of plants with residential quarters, water procurement, sewerage and drainage systems of the past. The study of residential buildings includes a description of the principles of layout of houses, i.e., their orientation, relationship of courtyards with verandahs and rooms; and their architectural features, i.e., the facades decorations, types of main doors, windows and ventilators, as well as pillars and pilasters. The paper highlights that the traditional urban planning, architectural features and materials corresponded successfully to the local environment, while modern architecture largely fails to do so. The paper concludes that we may take lessons from architecture of the past; try to apply them in modern constructions, and also to properly preserve the historic buildings for the sake of education of the common people.
- Subjects
POTWAR Plateau (Pakistan); URBAN planning; ARCHITECTURAL designs; DWELLING design &; construction; STREET design &; construction; SEWERAGE design &; construction; FACADE design &; construction; MODERN architecture; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Asian Civilizations, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
1993-4696
- Publication type
Article