ABSTRACT
Constantinos and Emma Doxiadis' dissertation is divided into three chapters. The first chapter (Aufgabe) presents the purpose of the dissertation and analyses the methodology; the second chapter (Die untersuchten Stadte und Orte) presents the study areas; and the third chapter (Das system der raumgestaltung) presents the theory through its application to famous urban complexes of antiquity. Each chapter contains explanatory texts, ground plans, perspective drawings, views and photographs from the study areas. Initially, Doxiadis notes that the method of analysis he used is original and, for this reason, may be characterized as a hypothesis, that is a personal interpretive view, rather than a documented theory. Doxiadis' theory works, in his words, as an "initiation" to broader scientific research and not as accurate proof of a documented hypothesis. In 1974, Doxiadis' theory was included in the Encyclopedia of Urban Planning, and 1978 saw Doxiadis' theory extensively reviewed by Anastasios Orlandos in the book by the latter on the Parthenon.
