Purposes

 **Answer to [|"the purposes of architecure"] read by Leanne Mackenzie. **


 * This fragment to Leanne Mackenzie is very timely. **  I completely agree  that the purpose of architecture goes beyond the idea of shelter. Is very important to consider the social factors in the construction because we are a society that reflect a social cultural and reproduce a social status, which is very important to the society in general, however, we can´t forget the physical factors of the place. In conclusion, the very idea of architecture as shelter is not enough, it also must be combined with certain social factors.




 * Answer to [|"Urban design as a career"] read by Teresa Almeida.**


 * I agree that the cities are badly planned, however, I also believe that is very difficult to plan considering the far future because it would have to predict what might happen in the coming years. Probably the urban planner has other priorities in the short term; perhaps, he has forgotten some details to resolve other more important because urban planning is extensive and many details to take into account (climate, culture, services, populations growth, etc) **