Final+Project

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//**What makes Venezuela unique from an architectural perspective? **//
 * FINAL PROJECT **

Hello my name is Jhonnathan Zabatta I have 21 years old; I am student of architecture at the universidad simon bolivar. One of the most relevant aspects that draw our attention when we undertake a trip to Venezuela is the variety of shapes, colors, heights, textures and the distribution of its architecture.  It is well known that a good architecture is that one that knows how to get the best combination of color, lights, texture, acoustic, rhythm, circulation and scale, and we consider that in Venezuela we can enjoy of many places that discover good blends of those elements.

 **Central University of Venezuela** is without doubt one of the best works of architecture and urban planning in Venezuela, was designed by architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, and in it we see the development of architecture and urbanism in this country, and for the quality of the spaces created this university was named World Heritage by UNESCO.





//**C **////**OLOR **// Every part of this university is admirable. To begin we will take as an example the **Central Library**, being this one of the most important buildings in this university. Color is an important aspect of this building, for paint is not chosen one color to randomly, but are looking for a color that comply with the features this building within the complex, as a reference point and of greater importance. We therefore is chose to paint it red, as a color that attracts and highlight from other colors. In this way, further emphasizes the importance of the building.

 //**LIGHT **//  To discuss the lighting in this university there is no better example than **the covered square**. In this square is obtained a beautiful game of light and shadow, in which the light and shadow, are part the living and travel spaces, with the help of perforated walls and the particular shape of the roof. In addition to this square there are other buildings in this university where the lighting is considered and treated with a variety of perforated walls.  In the **Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning** of the UCV, light plays a very important roll in the design of the building. Use natural light supplemented with artificial lighting. To the north wing opens full visual facade of the mountain and gives off in a solar gesture of protection an expressive skin brie-soleil, and south, a pierced wall serves as protection the intense tropical light.

 //** ACOUSTIC **// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **The Aula Magna** deserves to be studied as an example that brings together aspects of which we have spoken as the color and lighting, but the greatest achievement this construction is due to the acoustic that she owns and is recognized worldwide. This sound is achieved with the help of technology and art, using acoustic clouds that were installed for perfect acoustics achievement in the auditorium. The Aula Magna of the UCV is consider among one of five rooms with the best acoustics in the world.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> //**<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">TEXTURE **// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> If we study the texture in this university we highlight three textures that predominate in many buildings. The first is the solid **texture of the concrete**, since it is the structural material used for all buildings, the second is the **texture of the perforated walls**, which are widely used to create plays of light and shadows inside buildings, in addition to ventilation, and finally the **texture of the murals** made with tiles of various colors that give an artistic touch to all buildings.

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//**<span style="color: #808080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">RHYTHM **// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> The corridors connecting the buildings of the university, is a structural achievement of concrete, due to the different ways that is achieved with the same material. In each of these corridors there is a specific rhythm that is almost always due to the column and the roof shape. The concrete structure is also responsible for creating rhythm in the facades of buildings because in all of them is can see the beams and columns, that highlight and create a modulation in the facade.

//**<span style="color: #9f6060; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CIRCULATION **// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> The circulation in this whole is not very complex, horizontal movement is achieved with corridors nets that connect one building to another on the ground floor, and every building has a vertical circulation module to connect the floors of different levels, This vertical circulation module can often be seen in facade, due the treatment of texture, and although in some cases there are ramps to connect the different levels, most are modules of stairs.

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//**<span style="color: #9b829b; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">S **////**<span style="color: #9b829b; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">pace and scale **// <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Villanueva used both the urban scale and the human scale (pedestrian). The UCV was intended as a university city in which Villanueva designed an urban scale, introducing urban elements such as: vehicular roads, outdoor and indoor spaces, landmarks, gardens, buildings, sports stadiums.

__**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">CONCLUSION **__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">I consider that definitively in Venezuela we count with good architecture, the appropriated use of the different elements on each constructions makes our country unique from an architectural perspective, which is a mixture of different tendencies but make a good work together, and now it’s our work to explore and learn from each of them to take the good things and improve the future designs. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Is undeniable that, as the Central University, there are places and buildings in the city with a wealth of comparable space outside the country. Space is what architecture is about. The mixture of a lot of elements such as light, color and scale creates different spaces with different attributes related to the context and environment, in our case, climate and geographical location gives us the elements and working conditions. We must build on these aspects and conditions. It is these aspects that make of Venezuela a unique country in the world.