EKISTICS

Hi all,

I will attach a link to website on "ekistics". The word comes from the greek "οικιστική" and has to do with anything dealing with housing and habitation. It was used as a term for research by a Greek architect - urbanist called Constantinos Doxiadis that was responsible for many projects around the world (Brazil, Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Greece, Jordan, Iran, Italy, Lybia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, USA, Zambia, etc.). His projects were big settlements starting from the scale of urbanism and reaching the scale of architecture. His major concern was the best living conditions in respect to social changes and cultural background.
Despite his death, there is organization with ongoing research on this subject and which organizes also conferences. To be able to have access to the research and the proceedings, I think that you have to subscribe (and therefore pay).
However, it is very interesting work, so the link is http://www.ekistics.org/ .