Urban layouts

URBAN LAYOUTS AND STRUCTURES

What is a city layout?

TYPES OF CITY LAYOUTS

• ORTHOGONAL PLAN

• GRID PLAN

• CHECKERBOARD

This plan consists of straight, wide streets that cross at right angles.

An example of grid plan: Barcelona

• RADIOCENTRIC PLAN

This plan consists of central point from which streets radiate, like the spokes of a wheel, crossed by others that form concentric circles.

RADIOCENTRIC LAYOUT

• IRREGULAR PLAN

This plan does not have a defined geometric shape and is formed by short, narrow streets and alleys of irregular layout.

IRREGULAR PLAN

Córdoba