Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis

• Name — C. A. Doxiadis • Occupation — * Architect • urban planner • Practice — Doxiadis Associates • Born — 14 May 1913 • Birthplace — Stanimaka, Kingdom of Bulgaria • Died — 28 June 1975 • Place of death — Athens, Greece • Significant Buildings — Teacher–Student Centre, University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) • Significant Projects — Islamabad (Pakistan) • Children — Apostolos K. Doxiadis

Doxiadis is the father of "ekistics", which concerns the science of human settlements, including regional, city, community planning and dwelling design. The term was coined by Doxiadis in 1942 and a major incentive for the development of the science is the emergence of increasingly large and complex settlements, tending to regional conurbations and even to a worldwide city. However, ekistics attempts to include all scales of human habitation and aims to learn from the archaeological and historical record by looking not only at great cities, but, as much as possible, at the total settlement pattern. Doxiadis also coined the term entopia, coming from the Greek words εν ("in") and τόπος ("place").

• Illustration — Islamabad, The capital of Pakistan One of his best-known town planning works is Islamabad. Designed as a new city it was fully realised, unlike many of his other proposals in already existing cities, where shifting political and economic forces did not allow full implementation of his plans. The plan for Islamabad separates cars and people, allows easy and affordable access to public transport and utilities, and permits low-cost gradual expansion and growth without losing the human scale of his "communities". In Riyadh, Doxiadis reoriented the city on a southwest-northeast axis, rendering "the planned city... similar to an immense mosque facing Mecca." His work was also part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. • Illustration — Teacher-Student Centre (TSC), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh • The Sacrifices of Greece in the Second World War (exhibit, San Francisco City Hall, 1945) • Sadr City of Baghdad, Iraq (1959) • Master Plan of Islamabad, The capital of Pakistan;1960 • Master Plan for Skopje, city reconstruction plan following a major earthquake 1963. • Teacher-Student Centre (TSC), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1961 • Plan Doxiadis, Rio de Janeiro, 1965. • Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 1973.

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The authorities additionally record the headings Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis, Konstantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, C. Doxiadis, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis and Konstantinos A. His recorded language was Greek. He was the child of Apostolos Doxiadis. 2 children are recorded: Apostolos Doxiadis and Euphrosyne Doxiadis.

Konstantinos Apostolos Doxiadis is recorded as architect, politician and urban planner.