Porpuse+Of+Architecture+and+Urban+Design

**'Urban Planning and Architecture'**  Between urban  design and architectural design there are many similarities and differences. To start with, the purpose of architecture is not only to build houses to shelter its inhabitants,  that is what many people believe. Really the architect should take into account various socio-cultural influential factors when he is creating a building. In urban planning, the situation is similar. The planner cannot design a residencial area without going through a social process! The two of them have the purpose to establish the interaction among individuals.
 * ´ ** **Comparison and Contrast **

To create a space is considered an art, whether in large or small scale, taking into account components such as climate, technology, economy and building materials. The urban planner must differentiate the space uses, so does the architect. However, both differ from some features, because a type of design is more limited than the other (referring to lengths) and the planning will not be equal. Another contrast that usually arises is that in urban design, the space is ordered according to the context, but in architectural design the proportions are according to the space. Finally, the architect is based on his personal knowledges and the needs of the client, and on the other hand, the urban planner have some limits too, they are determined by the site's environment and the experiences of the creator.

 In my opinion, by now Caracas is <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">an urban and structurally unsustainable city. W <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">e have <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> a <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">lready <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">explained that a good design needs to take into account the spacial changes that will come with the time and the population. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Speaking of the physical environment, t <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">he buildings <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">, streets <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">and even services such as trafficlights are very old and decadent <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">( <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">fail in health issues too) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">. In the <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">social, economic and cultural structure, the city decays through the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;"> insecurity that <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">it presents, a weak <span style="color: #2e7f2e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">budget <span class="hps alt-edited" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">management <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">and civic culture <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">. <span class="hps" style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">If a society is broken, the city, its urban planning and architecture, is too.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #34ea34; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; vertical-align: baseline;">**//How does Caracas stand in terms of both, architecture and urban planning?//**