A summed up view on Urban Design and true architecture by a
world-renowned architect; his views and struggles as he discovered the true
meaning of Urban Design. The effectiveness and schemes of City Planning in the
recent days [After World War II] has deteriorated vastly since the rise of
human settlements. Everything has lost emotion and scale, where aerial views of
cities have dominated; serving as evidence and layouts for a beautifully
planned and networking city. A successful city is not measured by the amount of
exciting or elaborate architecture, it is about the interaction that civilians
have with the space and how they build memories and customs from. There has
been a great loss for empathy towards others, spaces and the earth around us.
As architects bombard empty plots of land with exaggerated and exuberated
structures, which glorify their names and status. Although beautiful when
viewed from the skyline, many present a cold and heartless vibe when
experienced from street level.
It is often too misguided that a workable plan is a
beautiful plan of form and structure when seen top down; a workable plan should
be the creation and exploitation of the human need for interaction, to create a
lively and emotional engagement of the spaces. Much of these misjudgements
arose from the use of mobile cars. The revolution of cars, led to a cold hard
one in the world of architecture and urban planning. Many planners began
thinking more for the usability and accessibility for cars; which to them
translated as true design if the problems of traffic had been achieved. The use
of cars and motor vehicles has lessened the need for walking and the streets
needed for it. The increasing popularity of bicycles is to rid individuals of
such cold ways of transportation.
Urban design is on the up rise to celebrate and regain life
of the interaction and engagement of the civilians, to rid cities of the cold
and harsh feelings it has sprouted.
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