Architectural Planning in CitiesArchitectural Planning in CitiesChoosing to be an architect is what I have dreamed of doing all my life. But when I chose my class schedule for this semester, I thought about other fields of study that relate to architecture. I found CRP 270: Forces Shaping the Metropolitan Environment. When looking at this class, it made me think of how it relates to architecture. For a city to grow, it needs buildings. This consists of commercial office buildings, residential apartment structures, and industrial sections of the city. These buildings are designed by architects, thus making architects a crucial part in the growth of cities.
Architecture has been around since the beginning of cities. From the early civilization around Stonehenge to the modern city of New York, the growth of cities has been affected greatly throughout the years. In early cities, Architecture shaped the way a city portrayed. When looking at Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, one can see that some of the great structures were built to honor and praise the great leaders or gods. This was a way of using persuasion to please the people of the city. These areas also function as a social area for people to set up markets and mingle amongst each other at the polis. The ancient civilizations helped to shape the way in which a city would be planned for the future.
- Cities, monuments, and places are located in cities in Ancient Greece and Rome. The main cities, usually at the beginning of the ancient period, were built around the year 1600-1800 BC, as well as being around the year 1607 BC.
- The ancient city of Athena is one of the largest cities in the world.
- An old city called Athena has a magnificent architectural style that is known as the Capitolina, which dates back to 14th Century. It was founded by a small number of male royal aristocrats and was built over a plain with little or no walls between the buildings. Ancient Athena had a very large population, mostly of women. Most of the city’s people came from mainland Europe but some of them were part-time workers and sailors. The city suffered from its relatively small area, and was built on the ruins of a Roman military installation. The city served as a center and a gathering place for women from the city, and also had an air of mystery about its history. After 400 years, Athena fell and many of the other ruins were found to be the remains of military installations.
- Sovereignship – A sovereignship (or as it is known outside of a city, an important part of what is considered a city) is a building and collection building that is considered indispensable for maintaining a government. Unlike most other building and collecting structures, ships are not part of the city, just a part of the city to keep the people’s lives together. In Athens, this meant building and collection of the city’s buildings, so called because it’s part of the city. Sovereignty is considered one of the most important things in the city, since it allows citizens to protect their rights, rights that were not granted when they were at the start.
- Sovereignty (as it is known outside of a city) should be viewed as a collective organization within one city – meaning that as the city was becoming larger, it was able to establish its own government. Sovereignty was a central feature of Athens, and it is still important to this day.
- The city of Athens was not only the center of the Greek empire but also a key to being considered a world leader in war and other global issues during time that made the founding of the Empire an ideal time to prepare. The Greek government began to consolidate its power around the empire as well as its natural resources.[3] The empire was also more prosperous and secure until the end of Alexander the Great’s reign and
The Renaissance was another time which architecture rose to greatness and helped shape the city. Renaissance means rebirth and during this time it was not only the rebirth of architecture but it made people think of other venues of art and of life. Also what became a large part of these new cities was the use of radial streets. These radial streets would allow access to central points in a city and allow for multiple exits as well.
The next great rise of city planning was done in the 19th century. This came with the industrial revolution in which the city was built around industrial areas. However, these areas were normally controlled by a powerful person, and controlled much of the land. They used this as a monopoly, a single provider selling products to the various other people. The architecture of this time reflected the industrial rise of the time. With the industrial age on the rise, this allowed for mass production of new elements in design. However, industrialization brought pollution to rise and made people rethink living in the smug cities of that time.
Around the beginning of the 20th century is when we see the rise of the green cities. With the rise of green cities, cities became cleaner than what had been in the past. Architecture also reflected this and continues to do this today. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a relatively new system that was brought about to