Architecture+and+Urban+planning

Architecture: I actually don´t know the formal meaning of this word, although it´s the career I´ve chosen, but I can speak about what it means to me. Most people believe that architecture is only about designing buildings or houses, but I think the escence, the final purpose, is to create spaces and play with them, with this I´m not saying it´s a joke, I´m trying to say that it can create and transform spaces at the same time using different kinds of tools. So architecture it´s not only a profession, it´s an art and a way of life.

On the other hand, we have urban planning, which covers everything that has to do with organization of any settlement. This aspect is very important in any community because without it, every city or town would be a total chaos. Urban planners are in charge of the distribution and planning of all elements in a city, not only of avenues and roads, but of buildings and commerces. They distribute and give permissions to the constructions around the city according to their specific areas of development.

As we can see, architecture and urban planning have to work together to accomplish the optimal development on any settlement, they complement each other and, even though they are different careers, a complete professional of either of them has to have some knowlege of the other one.