1998 Volume 63 Issue 508 Pages 121-127
The purpose of this study is to consider the principles of space formation of Jaipur City which is known as so called a grid (chess board) city. Jaipur City designed by Jai Singh II (1688-1743) is thought to had been constructed based on the Hindu idea of town, about which many scholars are still discussing. This paper discusses the matter in terms of typology of houses, formation of housing blocks and the distribution of the some components (religious facilities, well, gali (path) through the analysis of 43 City Maps (1925-28). This paper clarifies the basic form of neighborhood units and building types. Jaipur has the prototype of urban house called Haveli which covers almost all the housing blocks. The neighborhood units called marg or rasta which belong to the same castes are formed basically along the street. We can see various sizes and patterns of subdivision of the blocks in reality though the planning systems which form the housing blocks are clear and simple.
