Final+Proyect

media type="file" key="Proyecto final 2.wma" width="300" height="45" //Final Proyect// By Raúl Cabrera

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// Most of us live in main parts of Caracas, or at least in the parts with good planning and services, but what about those places that looks like any government has not arrive there. That is my case. I made my project about Petare. A personal view of how // // color, light, acoustic, rhythm, vertical and horizontal // // circulation and scale are // // involves in the same context. //  __B O D Y__

As an Urban Planner am gonna try to talk about all this term related to a big sector. To start I´m gonna talk about the circulation which I think its divide by two urban fabrics, the underground circulation conformed by the metro system and the common circulation conformed by streets. Metro system  is the main mass transport of the city and i  t is conformed by an horizontal circulation that goes through the city. The Escalators are the elements that connect the metro system with the streets. They represent the vertical circulation in the video. The Streets represent the horizontal circulation. Its conformed by sidewalks, boulevards and squares and every flat surface of the walkable city.

The  Acoustic   and sound are others elements of the place. The sector has a high level of noise  induced   by cars, buses, motorcycles, dealers and individuals. Despite being an open place, the noise resound through the buildings and increases their intensity. It is a annoying environment.

The center of Petare is an open space where natural light is predominant. Artificial light comes from light poles and its just used at night. As a casual place without planning, all spaces in Petare are unique. Nothing is repeated. The spaces are taken in a disorder way so there is no rhythm in their design.

In Petare there is a diversity of colors. All components in the space have a different color. Each color transmits diversity and dynamism. The center of Petare is a big o pen space, occupied with no order. This is the reason why there is not a common scale. Houses can go, from one to five floors and buildings even higher. The market got hold of the entire sector and people is no able to walk easily.

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All these elements make Petare a unique place in the world. A place with defects and virtues that offers to people a particular diversity and dynamism.

Petare is characterized for being fast, interesting and varied. For many people, Petare is chaos, and a disorder area, but for its habitants, Petare is a space that brings together their basic needs and it is the place with which they identify.

Petare is their way of life.

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