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Architecture and urban planning are two fields that have many elements in common, but they also differ in some aspects. Both share the fact that their main purpose is to create living spaces. In addition, the motivation for designing a house or an avenue is the same: the desire of improving the people’s everyday life. In my view, the job of the urban planner is to organize the city and make sure that it functions effectively as a dynamic system. In contrast, the architect’s purpose is to design a building according to the client’s needs. What I mean is that architects design for one client at a time, in opposition to urban planners, that design for a community or an entire city. To me, architecture and urban planning are two disciplines that complement each other; a city may have beautiful buildings and monuments, but if they do not connect adequately with the context, then the city won’t be visually attractive. This is the case of Caracas. The way I see it, Caracas is a city that has an important deficiency in urban planning, but at the same time it has beautiful buildings. The fact that Caracas is settled in a valley limits the land that can be used for construction. Furthermore, Caracas has grown too fast in the last fifty years in a much disorganized manner. When it comes to architecture, you can find incredible structures like the Teatro Teresa Carreño, the Ciudad Universitaria designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva and the work of other talented Venezuelan architects like Fruto Vivas and many others. Caracas’ architecture also has a lot of history, many important monuments and buildings were raised during the period of President Guzman Blanco. As a conclusion, I think that Caracas has the potential to be a nice city, it just needs to be taken better care of and be more organized. []  media type="custom" key="8543274"