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January 26, 2025
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The siting of buildings: A research on topographical placement in the ancient world by Alison Smithson

Publicated to: EGA Revista de Expression Grafica Arquitectonica. 29 (52): 70-83 - 2024-01-01 29(52), DOI: 10.4995/ega.2024.21012

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Rubio, DC
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

The live exploration of the classicalruins allowedAlison and Peter Smithson to gain a deeper understanding of theirmechanisms of implantation in the territory. Guided by the theories, first of Rex Martienssen and, later, of Vincent Scully, these English architects examined, for more than 25 years, the ancient Greek and Roman cities scattered in different parts of the Mediterranean, disclosing the importance of the landscape in shaping their layouts. This article explores this deep incursion into the ancient world through an unpublished project undertaken byAlison in the last years ofher career, titled "The Siting of Buildings". This work, which consists of an extensive set of evocative texts, drawings and photographs, reveals the fascination the Smithsons felt for the topographical siting: a "marvellous and instinctive"sense ofplacement which they discovered in the classical traces and which contributed to strengthening their conviction in an architecture intimately linked to the specific conditions of the site.
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Keywords

Alison and peter smithsonAlison andpeter smithsonAncient worldAncientworlCartographyClassical sitesRootingTopography

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EGA Revista de Expression Grafica Arquitectonica due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85847/

    As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

    • Views: 164
    • Downloads: 80
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Rubio, David Casino) and Last Author (Rubio, David Casino).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Rubio, David Casino.

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