The+purpose+of+architecture+and+urban+design

media type="custom" key="5338115"

Leanne Mackenzy, from Canada and Teresa Almeida d'Eça, from Portugal have read for us two texts about similar topics that I would like to refer to you today. The first text explained the purpose of architecture, and the second one described what an urban designer do. Both of them talk about design but differ on the scale where that design is carried out. Text 1 makes us think of how architecture is more than a shelter and propose a point view of architecture in which buildings even determine the status of its users. This idea points out that architecture is something more individual and specific because its functions are related to a specific group of people. Then this idea contrast with the explanation of what an urban designer do, given by text 2, because it says that urban designers work to create a place that will be used and enjoyed by “a wide range of people”. This “wide range” is what makes a difference between architecture and urban design. Here we find an important difference between the two texts. Yet in terms of focus there are some other very important. Text 1 focused on proving that a building is more than a shelter and on the varieties of buildings that you can find in similar or opposite contexts. It didn’t criticize or give opinion about the quality of the designs. In contrast, Text 2 uses an important extent of its paragraphs to make us think of why we can find bad quality in the designs of buildings and cities.