Architecture+and+urban+planning

The architecture and the urban planning are both professions that exist to cover human needs; which implies that any construction and design that are done by these will have a physiological and a sociological value that comes as a result of the planed environment. Nevertheless the degree in which it has to be fulfilled is diferent bacause the urban planning is aimed to satisfy a bigger amount of people; this not implies in any way that architecture loses in complexity to urban planning. Buildings have become symbols of power and status, places to pry and meditate, places for people to live in, among many other functions that makes a need for them to be thoughtfully designed by an architect.

Urban planners and architects need to have a vast knowledge in history, geography, politics, and many others. Also they need to have social skills, be able to work with other professionals that specialize in different areas, have a good understanding of what they have to achieve, and need to have a good sense of aesthetics.

Urban planners and architects must always consider the context, they need to adapt their creations to the environment that surrounds them, and make it in a way that improves it.

In Caracas Urban planning and architecture are very far behind other countries, Caracas’s planning was not done by urban planners, and the design of it has remained the same since it was established in the 50’s; this makes the roads highly inefficient and, considering the number of cars that circulate the city several times a day (thanks to the low price of gasoline and useless public transport) the traffic is doomed to be really troublesome. Also as the city was growing more houses and buildings were carelessly built around, which became even more of a burden to the dynamic of Caracas. Hopefully in a future not too far way, the government will think of ways to lessen the burden of the roads, and do whatever is need to be done to fix the urbanity issues.[|Record]

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