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This is a new online magazine focus on keeping the common citizen informed about the urban and architectural projects in The Hatillo Municipality.We will also present the most important people working in our best project “El Hatillo: intelligent city”. We are innovative in urban planning and business. Here you will find all the information needed to donate or help us with projects and plans. media type="file" key="e zine description.wma" width="150" height="20"===== **



The green color in this logo means the embrace of the nature in our projects and plans. At the same time, it shows how much we care for nature in our ideas. We want the color green to be present in all our work to grow and build a culture that respects the surrounding nature. The blue color represents our professionalism, it shows how focused and how serious we take our job and the goals we want to achieve. The ring represents our long term proyects. Which is to enter a cycle where people learn how to live and create respecting each other and nature, we want to enter a cycle where people learn and progress pacefully. ** = =

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 * My name is Kariluz Quaranta, I am 20 years old. I study urban planning at the [|University Simon Bolivar.] My favorite areas of interest are the history of urbanism, the most important thinkers and the evolution of this carreer through time. On the other hand I am very interested in the importance of the urban planning in the life of the people. I do not have any hobby but I like to go to the movies and read some books. I am a responsable,friendly person and I am usually very stressed. My family is big, I have three sisters and eight nephews and I love to spend time with them.**

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 I studied at the **University Simon Bolivar**. I graduated as an //urban planner// in the 2012. Then, I went to **[|Politecnic of Torino]** and I did a master in urban design because new buildings need to be designed and integrated with their surroundings and I wish to take part on the design of new cities. While I studied in that city I taught urban history at the same Politecnics. Then I came back to Venezuela and I decided to make a doctoral program related with urban transport. I did this study at the University Simon Bolivar. At the same time, I started to work in the **Ministerio de Transporte Terrestre** in Caracas. When I finished this doctoral program I began to do some works in the **[|Alcaldia del Hatillo]**.

At this moment, I am still working in this public organization and I left my job in the Ministerio de Transporte because I started an interesting project related with the urban transport in this Municipality. With this project we want to create an innovation program that provides the citizens a fast, safe and less congested traffic. But the most important thing of this new project is taking care of the environment using new technology. In a not so far away future I wish to be the new Mayor of the Municipio el Hatillo. To achieve this goal I will have to develop and present a series of projects concerning urban planning, these will be focused specially in two areas, the first one is about improving the public transport system, making it the best of the city. The second one is to exploit the tourism in the area since this town has much potencial in this field and it is something that I, as a mayor, want to take advantage of.

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In this webpage I want to post my ideas and plans for this town and this way people will be able to take a look at my proposals and if they like it, I am sure they will support me!. Well these are my dreams and I hope to achieve my goals some day, I know that it will not be easy but I will make my best effort. =====

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Some Pictures of this town and some of my projects



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Big buildings of Beijing

In this video Jeremy Goldkorn talks about new media type="youtube" key="s0kWDZfJkuU" height="268" width="448" align="right"arcitectural tendencies in the city of Shanghai. He explains four innovative and important structures that are being build in differents places of the city. The first building is the new tower of CCTV located at the Shangai’s Boulevar and designed by Rem Kolhaas. This huge structure consists in two building with asymmetrical axes and its odd shape promise to be the bottom of many controversies. The second structure named in the video is the National Theater. This magnificent design made by Paul Andreu will have an interesting shape. Some people said it will look like a floating, futuristic egg. The third building is the National Swimming Center, called “ Watercube”. It plays with the geometry of water bubbles forming a massive rectangule. The last structure is the Olympic Stadium, made by Herzog and De Meuron. It has the shape of a brid’s nest and it is one of the largest eco buildings in Shanghai and the world. In my opinion the Shanghai’s architecture is one of the most impressive, magnificent and futuristic tendences actually. Their odd shape and theirs extrange theories will make the city of Shanghai the craddle of architecture of the 21th century. The National Aquatics Center in my opinion is the best architectural projects of these serie of structures. This wonderful building called “The Water Cube” was designed by PTW Architects (Australian firm) in an international architectural competition for the aquatic center project. The facades of The National is based on the natural formation of bubbles in soap foam but the most interesting of “The Water Cube” is that the rectangular form of this structure symbolized the Chinese culture and its relationship to the Birds Nest stadium. The armonic combination of the Chinese tradition with its surroundings and the simple path makes an innovative and unique arquitecture that takes your breath away at Shanghai.

All of these important structures are being constructed at Shanghai and are revolutioning the old, poor and traditional architecture of this city. Urban spaces is also changing for a futuristic style because new building with its odd shape are giving a futuristic look to the city. However, this transformation is quite slow because most of the population are living in a poor situation (economic and infraestructure level). For this reason, these radical changes in certain infrastructure are not approved by a large number of people but I think that this is the first step to improve the economy of Shanghai.



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 * THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD **

The seven wonders of the Ancient World were magnificent constructions of classical antiquity. They were located around the Mediterranean and its beauty and greatness led to Philon of Byzantium in 200 B.C to chosen these particular and majestic constructions to be the seven wonders of the world.

The Pyramids at Giza are the oldest of the seven wonders (2600 and 2500 B.C.) and are the only surviving wonder. But the pyramids had a meaning for the citizens of Egypt because represented the link between heaven and earth. The largest of the three pyramids it is The Great Pyramid which took 20 years in its construction. This pyramids was the tomb for the Egyptian Pharoah Khufu. The most interesting is that The Pyramid of Khafre is smaller than the Great Pyramid but how this pyramids is on a slight hill in the middle of the others two pyramids and has its angle of inclination is steeper appears to be bigger than the Pyramid of Cheops (Great Pyramids).



The Statue of Zeus at Olympia is another Ancient 7 Wonders of the World. It was built 438 B.C. by the Council of Olympia to show their respect for Zeus. The Statue of Zeus was constructed inside the Parthenon by the sculptor Phidias. It was about 12 meters tall and ocupated the whole width of the aisle of the temple. Also the statue in his right hand had a small statue of the god of victory and in his left hand, a shining scepter on which an eagle rested.

At the same time, I could learn more about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. There were construted in the 7th century B.C for the King Nebuchadnezzar II like sign of love for his wife. The Queen Amyitis felt nostalgic about her homelands because there were green, rugged and mountainous and she doesn’t like the flat and the desert of Mesopotomia. For this reason Nebuchadnezzar II building an artificial mountain withrooftop gardens were the gardens were terraced and surrounded by the city walls. About The Lighthouse of Alexandria I Know that it was located in Egypt and it was construted in the 3rd century B.C. However, I didn’t Know that The Lighthouse of Alexandria was the only Ancient 7 Wonders of the World with a practical purpose. Its main objective was guided ships at night and contribute to the marine traffic safety. About The Lighthouse of Alexandria structure I could Know that it was made up of three stages: a square base with a central nucleus, middle octagonal section, and, at the top, a circular section with a statue of Poseidon stood atop the tower. media type="file" key="k2.wma" width="300" height="45"

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was another of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World. It was designed by the Greek architects Satyrus and Pythius between 370 and 350 B.C. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was dedicated to King Mausolus. But I didn’t know that The Mausoleum was destroyed because it was an example of pagan art. The colossus of Rhodes was chosen by philon of bizantium in the year 200 b.c. it was a statue of 32 meters high on marble rock and it was built to honor the god helios.It took 12 years to build the colossus and it was destroyed by an earthquake some years after. It was said that the fingers of the statue were bigger than any statue at that time and even after it cracked down many people went to see it. It layed around for 900 years after falling down. The temple of artemis was named a wonder by philon of bizantium in the year 200 b.c and it was the greatest accomplish of the greek civilization. It was made of 127 marble columns, each 20m tall and it took 120 years to be build and it was destroyed by earthquakes and constant gothic invasions.

The seven wonders of the ancient world are magnificent structures made by man in the early history. However, the beauty, ingenious, architectural and engineering advances are the most interesting elements of these structures. I always wanted to know about their origin and the way to make this wonderful structures because those were time where did not exist any advances or mechanisms like crains, a different kind of materials, knowledges of architecture and others. I think the pyramids of Egypt are the most impressive of these wonders because of its enormous size, internal structure and its accurate location respect to the stars. Unfortunately the Egyptian cities were not planned like its piramids because their continued emigrations did not allow complete development of an urban space. Anyway, this magnificent structure show the power of man. media type="file" key="k3.wma" width="300" height="45"

The majestic Shwedagon Pagoda

The majestic Shwedagon Pagoda has been called the Mountain of Gold because is one of the most beautiful and impressive structure made by man. I think this wonderfull Buddist temple must be a candidate for the new wonders of the world. Its giant, golden and glittering pagodas will take your breath away in the city of Yangon which is the former capital of Birmania.

The leyend says that Shwedagon Pagoda has 2.500 years old. It was built before Buda’s death in the year 480 b.C. by two merchant brothers who meet with buda, who gave them 8 hairs so they could go inside Birmani. The two brothers with the help of the local king, went to the hills of Singuttara where were all other relics. Shwedagon Pagoda is preceeded by the magnificent stupa of Shwedagon Paya ( wich is a kind of reliquary ) surrounded by temples. The stupa is 100 m high and its covered with gold and precious stones. It is located at the western border of the Real Lake in the hills of Singuttara. It is the most sacred pagoda for the Buddist of the country because it contains some of Budda’s relics, wich are a piece of cloth and eight hairs of Siddharta Gautama.

Shwedagon Pagoda has four entrances to the paya, with staircases that lead to the platform yin byin in the hills of Singuttara. Two giant chinthes (mytic lyons) protect the south entrances, the image in the altar situated at the top of the staircase is the second buda’s, Konagamana. The base of the stupa was made with bricks covered with gold. Over the base you can find several platforms where only men and monks can enter. In the top lies the crown wich is covered with 5.448 diamonds and 2.317 rubies.

The temples that surround the Shwedagon Paya have different architectures depending on who gave the money to build it, his or her country and the moment in history these temples where made. Many monarcs donated money and gold to conserve this structure since the 15th century. In these temples people can not go inside with shoes and the prayers have to be made walking around counter clock wise.

Personally, I think that these temples should be considered as one of the new world wonders because it is not only full of beauty and color, it also contains legends, religion, relics and culture. media type="file" key="beauty.wma" width="300" height="45" = =

** Interviews ** media type="file" key="interview kariluz.wma" width="300" height="45" Interviewer: Viviana Interviewee: Urban Planner Kariluz Quaranta

Good morning, I’m Viviana reporting from CNN Atlanta. We are in Caracas, Venezuela specifically at The Hatillo Municipality. Today we are going to talk with one of the most important urban planners in Latin America, Kariluz Quaranta. This woman is the director of the innovative urban project that is being done in this town. Viviana: Hello Kariluz, it is a pleasure to meet you and Thanks for your time. Kariluz: Hello Viviana and welcome to The Hatillo Municipality. Viviana: Thanks Kariluz and let me ask you some questions. First, I want to Know about your studies. Where did you graduate? Kariluz: Well, I graduated as urban planner at the Universidad Simon Bolivar in Caracas in 2012. Then I went to Polytechnic of Torino and I did a master in urban design. In 2016, I came back to Venezuela and I did a doctoral program related with urban transport. Viviana: and where have you worked since then? Kariluz: Well in Venezuela I worked at the Ministerio de Transporte Terrestre. Viviana: and in this moment you are working at the Hatillo Municipality with the project “El Hatillo: intelligent city” right? Kariluz: Yes, you are right. I am working on this project since 2018 and it has become a real challenge for me. Viviana: I imagine that. For then I want to Know more about your project: “El Hatillo: intelligent city”. Kariluz: Well, this is the most interesting proyect that I have done because related the environment with technology. Viviana: and why did you call it an “intelligent city”¨? Kariluz: Because we want to convert El Hatillo not just in a beautiful town. We want it to be more competitive and innovative city to provide a better quality of life for its citizens. Viviana: and how will you achieve this goal? Kariluz: well it isn’t an easy task but with the help of the government of Venezuela and with the help of private companies I’m sure we could do it. We want to improve the urban transport and develop the productive system of the city taking care of the environment. At the same time we want to exploit the tourism in this town ... Viviana: And if we want to know more about this project or collaborate economically where can we contact you? Kariluz: Well, now we have at webpage Hatillo’s Style where you can find all the information about this project or at the page of The Hatillo Municipality Viviana: Well, thank you for this interesting interview, take care and good luck with your projects. Kariluz: Thank you.

To create better projects and places to live we need more, new and renovate urban planners. We must learn from past mistakes, guide us through the most important model for urban planners and innovate with economic and technological resources according to new needs of the population. A clear example and model in history for urban planners is Baron Haussmann.

Georges-Eugène Haussmann was a [|French] civic planner born in 27th March of 1809. the rebuilding of Paris in the 19th century is associated with Haussman who was commissioned by Napoleón III to instigate a program of planning reforms in Paris. In this project Haussmann created new and more wide boulevards, a gigantic system of Zegers, new bridges, the opera house and anothers public buildings. Transformed an estimated that 60% of the buildings of Paris but one of the most important elements introduced by Haussmann was the creation of long avenues giving perspective views of monuments like the Arc de Triomphe and the Opera Garnier. Principals goals to Haussmann was to turn Paris into a Modern City. To achieve this dificult task Haussmann had to convert Paris in a city with safe streets, more sanitary, hospitable, shopper-friendly communities, better traffic flow , better housing combined with the new importance given to trains, made this plan more than successful. His wonderful ideas and his impressive intelligence made of him one of the most important urban planner in the history. media type="youtube" key="3DMJPZT9Nsk" height="344" width="425" align="right"

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In this online magazine we dedicated a special study of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World with researches of the most important buildings in Shanghai during 21st century. We could learn more about techniques, materials, inspiration and the different reasons that eliminated the vast majority of the ancient wonders of the world disadvantages that each project had. With this work we could compare and understand progress, advantages, disadvantages, majesty and beauty of ancient, modern and future structures. Becuase with the architectural and urban planner we can see the most impressive and magnificent structures made by the effort of men. At the same time, this places, monuments and buildings transmitted to the whole world the evolution of history, technological progress of man and its most important beliefs in life. I mean our cities and structures represent what we were, what we are and what we will, for this reason we must protect our historical sites and promote the construction of large and important urban and architectural projects to mark the history of our planet and improve the quality of life of citizen.


 * In the wikispaces of Adrian Lobo we will find an important information about the work of Le Cobusier, **  who is one of the most important architects and planners of history   **. With his modern projects we see the evolution of the architectural and urban design at the XX century . Some of his works are exposed in this online magazine made by Adrian Lobo. **

Editorial

Creating this interesting magazine on line was not an easy task. All these projects, ideas, exercise and dreams needed constant work and detailed work. A clear organization of all the work was essential to achieve a successful project. One of the reason of this magazine was to convey our main goals and lessons during the quarter. At the same time, with this magazine we could learn more about technology and the many tools provided to communicate architectural and urban projects of the new professionals. I mean, this first course of english is not only to learn about this universal language, it was created to involve students with the world of technology and its relation with their profession. Finally materialized in an innovative magazine on line that features some of our work in English classes, the best projects we made in this quarter in the area of design or Urban Workshop, our dreams and some interesting personal and professional information. dynamic and technology character of this area make this English for architects and urban planners one of the courses more interactive and important of these careers.



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