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S U B M I T T E D BY: SUBMITTED TO:

B I S N A R , K R Y S TA L C L A I R E G . AR. ROLAND ADDUN
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 1. AS A STUDENT WHY DO YOU NEED TO
UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE
FIRST?
AS A STUDENT ANALYZING AND COMPREHENDING THE COMMUNITY
ARCHITECTURE WOULD REALLY HELP BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE
USERS OR CLIENTS WANTS THEN THE STRUCTURE WILL FIT THE
REQUIREMENTS THAT NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
STUDENTS LIKE ME SHOULD KNOW HOW TO START MAKING DESIGN BY
KNOWING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WISHES.

UNDERSTANDING THIS COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE IS ALSO A PRACTICE OF

PROCESS TO FOLLOW WHAT THE USERS OR THE COMMUNITY WANTS. IT
ALSO INVOLVES THE PEOPLE FOR THE DESIGN AND ITS MANAGEMENT. THEY
SHAPE THE ENVIRONMENT THEY WANT AND CREATES CRITICAL
CONSCIOUSNESS TO THE PROCESS. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING.

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 2. HOW DOES IT LINKED TO URBAN DESIGN ?

URBAN DESIGN LINKS WITH COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE AS IT ALSO SHAPES THE

COMMUNITY’S STRUCTURE IN FOCUSING ON THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF THE CLIENTS.
IT IS A PURSUIT OF MAKING BETTER PLACES NOT JUST THE BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES BUT
ALSO THE OPEN SPACES SUCH AS PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, STREETS, PLAZAS AND ETC. THE
SCOPE IS A LARGE-SCALE CONCEPT THAT IS WHY THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
DESIGN IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ARCHITECTS.

JUST LIKE THE COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURE THE PLANS ARE FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE DESIGN. IT CREATES THE SENSE OF THE
PLACE AND ITS IDENTITY.

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 3. DIFFERENTIATE URBAN DESIGN FROM
URBAN PLANNING? WHAT ARE THEIR ROLES IN
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING?
URBAN DESIGN AND URBAN PLANNING ARE RELATED AND SIMILAR TO EACH
OTHER BUT IT IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT. WHEREAS, THE URBAN PLANNING IS DONE
BEFORE THE URBAN DESIGN. THIS IS THE REACTION AND OUTCOME WHEN THE
PLANNING TAKES PLACE.

URBAN DESIGN IS IN A MICRO SCALE THAN URBAN PLANNING AND IT IS RELATED

TO ARCHITECTURE AND LANSCAPE WHILE URBAN PLANNING IS FOCUS ON TO
GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS.

URBAN PLANNING IS MORE OF THE STRATEGIC , TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL AREA

FOR 2D WHILE URBAN DESIGN IS THE CONCRETE AREA FOR AN ACTUAL 3D DESIGN
MOSTLY ITS FEATURES.

THIS TWO ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR URBAN ARCHITECTURE THAT MUST GO
HAND IN HAND AND NOT BE SEPARATED. THEY BOTH HAVE ROLES AND A SHOE TO
FILL IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD RESULT. A PROPER DEVELOPMENT WILL COME IF
THE TWO ARE INTEGRATED TO EACH OTHER.

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