Purposes+of+Architecture+and+Urban+Planning

=**Purposes of architecture and urban planning** =

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 * Urban planners gives shapes to places like cities or alike. They design big spaces and landscapes that will be used by a wide range of people, and not only in the present, but in the future, too. **======

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 * Urban planners’ duty is to make a design that will bring social and economical prosperity to the community, that will be attractive enough to be visited. But in order to achieve this, urban planners must understand the physical, social, political, economical and psychological aspects of the context where he (or she) is going to work. **======

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 * Architects have similarities with urban planners, only that architecture considers a smaller scale. An Architect also creates spaces, but these must be different from each other. They must communicate their functions or if they are public or private. **======

**Architecture is a reflex of the economy, technology and sociocultural factors of the place where it is conceived. **
=**How does Caracas stand in terms of both, architecture and urban planning? **=

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 * I think that it is a disaster! (at least in urban planning). This city was designed for people who thought only about the problems of their times, but they never worried about what was coming next. Caracas grew (and keeps growing) because of population growth but without any planning. **======

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 * On the other hand, Caracas city has jewels in architecture (Ciudad Universitaria, Teresa Carreño theater and others for example) but it must be worked a bit more. There are few remarkable works of architects in Caracas if we compare it with other cities of the world. **======

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 * Architecture is going in a good direction, but urban planning must be developed in order to accomplish the goal to have the city that we all wish. **======

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