Koenig s Berger
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KOENIGSBERGER & BHUBANESWAR CITY OTTO KOENIGSBERGER,architect, planner and Egyptologist, enjoyed a long and remarkable career that began with work as a government architect in Berlin in the 1930s. > He introduced the concept of"action planning" - community-based schemes supported by government agencies - into many parts of the Third World. > He was one of the founders of modern urban development planning in the rapidly growing cities of Africa, Asia and Latin > A plan for the New Capital, Bhubaneshwar was prepared in 1948 by Dr. Otto H. Koenigsberger. On his recommendation the design of the New Capital is based on the system of neighborhood units which means a group of houses,large enough to afford the major amenities of urban lifelike schools, dispensaries, shopping-centres,entertainment, public libraries, etc. but at the same time small enough to keep all these amenities in short distances, so that the main advantage of rural life can be preserved. >To avoid boredom and unformity the neighbourhood units are designed individually with the object ofgiving it a distinct character. > In contrast to the Old Town, the land under different uses are segregated from each other so that the foul smell, smoke or dust of an industry does not affect the residential areas nor the crown and noise of a commercial area affect the silence and solemnity of an administrative or educational area. > Four categories of roads have been adopted for the city viz.(a) Arterial Road,(b) Major Unit Road,(c) Major Housing Street and(d) Minor Housing street.The Arterial roads are 200 feet(60.9600 metres) in width with earthen flanks or foot-path of 10 feet (3.0480 metres) on eachside and provided with drains and plantations. Rajpath, Janpath,Gandhi Marga, Sachivalaya Marga, and Udyana Marga comeunder this category.The Major Unit Roads are 150 feet (45.7200 metres) in widthwith earthen flanks, drains and plantations on each side.Ekamra Marga, Lewis Road, Gopabandhu Marga, BhubaneswarMarga, Vivekananda Marga, Bidyt Marga and Puri Marga areunder this category. The Major Housing Streets are the roads which collect the internal traffic of housing units and transmit to the major and arterial roads. The width of such roads is 100feet (30.4800 metres) provided with earthen flanks and drains.The width of Minor Housing Streets varies between 30 feet(9.1440 metres) to 40 feet (12.1920 metres) depending upon
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KOENIGSBERGER & BHUBANESWAR CITYOTTO KOENIGSBERGER,architect, planner and Egyptologist, enjoyed a long and remarkable career that began with work as a government architect in Berlin in the 1930s. > He introduced the concept of"action planning" - community-based schemes supported by government agencies - into many parts of the Third World.> He was one of the founders of modern urban development planning in the rapidly growing cities of Africa, Asia and Latin> A plan for the New Capital, Bhubaneshwar was prepared in 1948 by Dr. Otto H. Koenigsberger. On his recommendation the design of the New Capital is based on the system of neighborhood units which means a group of houses,large enough to afford the major amenities of urban lifelike schools, dispensaries, shopping-centres,entertainment, public libraries, etc. but at the same time small enough to keep all these amenities in short distances, so that the main advantage of rural life can be preserved.>To avoid boredom and unformity the neighbourhood units are designed individually with the object ofgiving it a distinct character.> In contrast to the Old Town, the land under different uses are segregated from each other so that the foul smell, smoke or dust of an industry does not affect the residential areas nor the crown and noise of a commercial area affect the silence and solemnity of an administrative or educational area.> Four categories of roads have been adopted for the city viz.(a) Arterial Road,(b) Major Unit Road,(c) Major Housing Street and(d) Minor Housing street.The Arterial roads are 200 feet(60.9600 metres) in width with earthen flanks or foot-path of 10 feet (3.0480 metres) on eachside and provided with drains and plantations. Rajpath, Janpath,Gandhi Marga, Sachivalaya Marga, and Udyana Marga comeunder this category.The Major Unit Roads are 150 feet (45.7200 metres) in widthwith earthen flanks, drains and plantations on each side.Ekamra Marga, Lewis Road, Gopabandhu Marga, BhubaneswarMarga, Vivekananda Marga, Bidyt Marga and Puri Marga areunder this category. The Major Housing Streets are the roads which collect the internal traffic of housing units and transmit to the major and arterial roads. The width of such roads is 100feet (30.4800 metres) provided with earthen flanks and drains.The width of Minor Housing Streets varies between 30 feet(9.1440 metres) to 40 feet (12.1920 metres) depending upon
