English for Architecture and Urban Planning, ID3-124, USB
Prof. Dafne González
Sept. - Dec. 2005

 

"I think that an architect has to desing and create spaces and structures that should be useful and beautiful"
Luisa F.


"Studing architecture is a great commitment because it is not only to make pretty buildings but also stable structures"
Maria Astrid G.

"The prymary role of urban planners is to try to fix all of the problems that a city has….. Other primary role that we have is to harmonize the city with the environment"
Gisela L.

"The design must be according to the context, and the sociological, psychological and economical characteristics of the people that is going to use it"
Eleonora G.

"The real purpose of architecture and urban planing is to serve humans"
Carmen O

"Urban planners take charge of the design in a major scale and architects in a minor scale"
Pedro R.

"Architects have to think and design the building and differents sructures or spaces and urban planners have to think how these building are related , the context and the interaction between them and the people"
Diana P.

"The main purpose of both careers is to build places, to design places that gratify the human being’s needs with the design of cities, public spaces and roads"
Maria Fernanda

"The work of the architects and urban planners is very similar and they should work in teams"
Michelle R.

"An architect has the responsibility to keep in mind all the urban planners work, the community needs, and also the space needs"
Siling R.

"An urban planner has to design public spaces where the city is going to evolve, also the organization and circulation of this city, trying to creat balance and beauty on it"
Jaired B.

"Urban planners have to keep in mind the landscpe, the streets located around, the traffic, the geography, the place in general, then the architect can start the desing of the buildings, keeping in mind a lot of processes like the size of the landscape, the wheather, the noise, the needs of the people, etc.
Daniela M.

"Architect have a great future because it is a social work, society needs buildings and greats spaces"
Karen P.

"Architecture cares for the security of the people with their structures and give beauty and harmony to our cities with aesthetics they provide on their buildings"
Antonio D.

"the role that an architect has in the world is not just designing buildings, it is also designing to a specific society"
Daniela G
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Mid-term projects, students' blogs and course podcasting blog

These projects were created by students using PPT. They have been converted to other formats (PhotoStory3, Camtasia, etc) to be posted and made available on the Web. Next to the students' names there is a link to their blogs.

This is the link to the podcasting blog we have been using in this course

Daniela Gil (blog)

and

Karen Plasse (blog)

Post and Lintel


direct link to video, where you can post comments


Gisela Leal (blog)

and
Diana Perez (blog)

Color

color

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Maria Fernanda Leon (blog1 - blog2)

and

Pedro Rosales (blog1 - blog2)

Texture and Light

texture and light

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Luisa Figueroa (blog)

and

Ma. Astrid Graterol (blog)

Spatial Organization


Eleonora G. (blog)


Michelle R. (blog) and


Carmen Ocanto (blog)

Framed Structures

 

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Daniela Morin (blog)
and
Seling Rea(blog)

Walls

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Jaired Britapaz (blog)

and

Antonio Davila (blog)

Properties

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