Comparing+and+Contrasting+Urban+Planning+Vs.+Architecture

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= = **Architecture and urban Planning are disciplines, that while possessing the same object of study (the city), covered this from very different points of view. Comparing Architecture and Urban planning, I can say that both are social sciences, because they are applied for the people who lives in the cities and their needs. Nevertheless, I think architecture is a part of urban planning, which is a more global and complex science that also includes other sciences like sociology, geology and landscape design. Accordingly, Urban planning is the process of shaping cities and towns, while architecture is the design of the specific buildings and structures for a determined activity, that will be placed in the city or town, according with the planning. In this sense, architecture is based more in the functionality and the art of the buildings in the city, and the design and the art of these buildings is representative of the culture and the beliefs of the people. On the contrary, Urban planning looks for the functionality and the art of the design of a city as a whole, with the correct dispositions of the services, streets, residence and work areas, public spaces and parks; to allow the correct and harmonic development of the city with the surrounding environment and guarantee a good quality of life for the people. For Urban Planning, volumes and space are the most important thing, it could be said that the main purpose of the planner is to achieve the best distribution of the available space in terms of utility and economy, using buildings and setructures designed by architects.** **//How does Caracas stand in terms of both, architecture and urban planning?//**
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** In my opinion, Caracas is not doing too well in both archotecture and urban planning. In architectural terms, the city of caracas lacks of identity, because its style is the overlapping of progressive styles of different epoch and different countries. In this sense, we don't have homogenity in the form and shape of the buildings, and only a few are beatiful or considered artistic. In Urban planning matter, Caracas shows full of contrasts, contradictions and imbalances, all products of years of improvisation and lack of urban policies. This lack of policies allowed the development of a city which is a mess. It is small for the almost 6 millions of people who live there, and the highways are insufficient. Caracacas, which was “the branch of the sky” has become in “the capital of hell”. **



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