Urban layouts

1. URBANLAYOUTSAND STRUCTURES

2. What is a city layout?

3. TYPES OF CITY LAYOUTS

4. • ORTHOGONAL PLAN
• GRID PLAN
• CHECKERBOARD
This plan consists of
straight, wide streets
that cross at right
angles.

5. An example of grid plan: Barcelona

6. • 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.

7. RADIOCENTRIC LAYOUT

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

9. IRREGULAR PLAN
Córdoba