ENTOPIA

Almodal.Anadeo.Barcena.Miranda
Arch 162
February 16, 2016
Prof. Maureen Anne Araneta

Konstantinos Apostolou Doxiadis

One of the leading figures in Greek

modernist architecture

Developed the theory of Ekistics and

Architecture for Mass People
His goal: to design ideal settlements
safe, comfortable and easily
accommodating to the peoples needs
and urban growth

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Between Dystopia and Utopia (1966)

...this is the problem of humanity today: it builds cities
which are bad, the dystopias; it dreams of cities for
which there is no-place, the utopias; while it needs
good cities for which there will be a place, the
entopias.
Excerpt from Between Dystopia and Utopia by K. A. Doxiadis

Towards Dystopia
...construction is more important than the space, the container than
the content, the shell than the man, the lines of transportation than
the human values.
-Doxiadis on technological dystopias

The cities of the past offered a more humane life than the
cities of the present
Dystopia occurs when we face our cities without reason,
without dream

Towards Dystopia
the growing city

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Escape to Utopia
The greater the pressure the more I want to avoid reality, the more I
want to avoid the cause of the pressures...everybody is escaping at
every moment from something...
-Doxiadis on utopia

Utopia: an imaginary and indefinitely remote place; a place or

state of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and
social conditions
Ideal city: the utopia of those who can think in terms of spatial
forms
The dreamland with dreams, but without reason

Utopia & Eftopia

u-topia: no-place
eu-topia or ef-topia: good place
degree of reality: degree of
possible realization from
place to no-place
degree of quality: from the
bad place to the good
place
Purpose of conceptions:
Escape and Reconstruction

Need of Entopia
"There is only one road left - with reason and dream - which
should take us out of the bad place into a good place, which
is not out of place, but in place - an entopia."
Excerpt from Between Dystopia and Utopia
by Konstantinos A. Doxiadis

Entopia

halfway between utopian

dreams and plans
a place that satisfies the
dreamer and the scientist; where
the projections of the artist
meets with the builder's
realization of one's own dreams
within the framework of
humanity's common dreams
task: help people to dream and
create utopias

Differences
UTOPIA

ENTOPIA

there is denial of the task or

need to implement it or to
make it work

inspired by dreams; can be

realized through programs &
plans

starts with an unrealistic

premise

relies on a scientific, systematic

knowledge of the situation

(no-place)

(in-place)

Factors
MAN

NATURE

SHELLS

NETWORKS

SOCIETY

Man
Continuously evolving and developing
psychologically and socially
Entopia is geared to develop man
intellectually based on the criteria:
economy, time, and satisfaction
Entopia also aims to create a snailshell relationship with man

Nature
Supplies water, food, and raw materials
Entopia aims to preserve as much of
nature as possible
Also aims to minimize pollution, especially
in the air
Every natural resource must be used and
reused but never destroyed
Man is envisioned as the great
conservationist

Society
Re-establish greater number of contacts
and as the basic unit of social organization
Units in an entopia: man, family and home,
and the human community
Entopia aims to properly organize society
Freedom at all levels
Aims to have people be free and live
together, think by themselves, and
contribute knowledge

Networks
Envisioned to make possible the whole
world as one neighborhood
Faster, more efficient, more affordable
transportation; all time distances are a
matter of a few minutes
All transportation should be underground
so that Earths surface is free for man

Shells
Found at the surface of the Earth
Aims to cover man and to guarantee
connections
Every man should have a room to his own
Shells should allow man to move without
any hindrance, like weather

Process Towards Entopia

1. Start with a concept or idea that can lead to entopia.
2. Elaborate the idea by using science to come up with
objective judgment.
3. Fight the myths and face the existing problems.
4. Think then build.
5. Dare and act.
6. Start now!

Entopia Case Study

Place: Metro Manila
Issue: dynamic and disorganized
growth
Solution: New Centralization
-definition of structure of ideal city
and applying it to extended areas
Possible Consequence:
Class segregation

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Doxiadis, K. A. (1966). Between Dystopia and Utopia. Hardford, Connecticut:
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architecture-in-transition