Architecture+vs.+Urban+planning

Architecture is an art and a science, and it is based on designing spaces and serving a purpose based on people’s needs. Architecture is more about designing a residence or a single building, by taking in consideration various facts, for example, the context. On the other hand, Urban planning is also an art and a science but it is based on designing the outside world. They create spaces for people to enjoy as they pass by. Urban planners argue that architects should be concerned with the place, not just with designing a building to satisfy the client’s demands alone. They change how the environment is shaped and design a city’s distribution. Urban planning is more general than architecture. Urban planners also design on a bigger scale than architects. On the contrary, architecture is in a smaller scale and more particular. Now, how does Caracas stand in terms of both, architecture and urban planning? Personally I think urban planning in this city overall is a disaster. There is nothing well thought out about our highways because they were designed for a certain amount of people. Urban planners that created highways didn’t think about how Caracas’s population would grow. Nowadays, every highway collapses at rush hour due to the amount of people. On the other hand, architecture doesn’t have much diversity in Caracas. There was a certain period of time where people constructed and designed buildings, but in the present there hasn’t been any progress. There isn’t anything modern about architecture here because there hasn’t been any development. The last well known project was the Caracas-La Guaria Viaduct, but it was based on a design created many years ago. I think this is because people don’t want to invest in our country due to the expropriations. We have to have a government that supports progress in order to develop and plan out our city in a better waymedia type="file" key="The purposes of architecture vs urban planning.wav" width="300" height="50"media type="file" key="The purposes of architecture vs urban planning2.wav" width="300" height="50"