Comparing+and+contrasting

The purposes of architecture and urban planning

One of the most important purpose of architecture is to develop a housing system that provides shelter to people in order to protect them from environmental elements and satisfy human needs. Also, built environments has various objectives: to create spaces for human activities, to protect people from animal enemies and supernatural powers, to establish place, to offer a save area, to express social identity and indicated status. Architecture mixes socio-cultural factors, climate, materials and economy to design more than just a building. Architects strive to design a better way to live without forgetting technology, creativity, efficiency and others new elements that emerge over time. Urban design proposes to shape big cities and small ones. It´s the art of making macro places that’s how differs with Architecture. Urban planners try to establish the processes that make successful development of the projects they create. This career has the challenge of building places that satisfy different needs and likes. Architecture and town planning are too similar; both born with the goal of construct a better place without suppress a better way to live. In my opinion, both can design in an organized and original way and both can fulfill their expectations if they decide to work as one gear.



In my opinion, the fact that the vast majority of venezuelans live in the cities of the north make that Caracas (one of the most urbanized cities) don't  highlight the architecture. Urban planning's problems excess obscure the few architectural works that we know and one of the biggest mistake is that most people don't appreciated this beuuty and don't make any effort to preserve it.



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