CONSIDERATIONS ON STREET SYSTEM AND BLOCK FORMATION OF BINONDO (MANILA)

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  • JIMENEZ VERDEJO Juan Ramon
    Assoc. Prof., Graduate School of Environmental Planning, University of Shiga Prefecture, Ph. D.
  • FUNO Shuji
    Prof., Graduate School of Environmental Planning. University of Shiga Prefecture, Dr. Eng.
  • UMETANI Keizo
    Graduate Student, Umezu Constructions, M. Environmental Science

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  • ビノンド（マニラ）の街路体系と街区構成に関する考察
  • ビノンド(マニラ)ノ ガイロ タイケイ ト ガイク コウセイ ニ カンスル コウサツ

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Abstract

Authors have been conducting the field research under the title 'Origin, Transformation, Alteration and Conservation of Urban Space of Colonial cities' since 2005. Focusing on the Spanish colonial urban process and formation in Philippines, authors wrote several papers on Manila, Cebu, and Vigan through the analysis of the colonial maps AGI (The Archive of the Indies in Seville- Archivo de Indias de Sevilla) and data gained from the field. Binondo is the oldest Chinatown in the world. It is located across the Pasig River from Intramuros in Manila, this the district was the centre of commerce and trade during by East Asia and Europe during the time of the Manila Galleons. This paper discusses the formation of Binondo based on the analysis of the historical maps and clarifies the street system and formation of street blocks.

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