Final+Project

Introduction
Hello, my name is Ainara Ricchiutti, I’m an architecture student of the Simon Bolivar University. This is my final project of my English 3 course. I have recollected for this work some important pieces of the  Venezuelan architecture to indentify the elements I have studied the whole trimester, which are: color, light, texture, rhythm, vertical and horizontal circulation, space and scale. Each one represented by a specific example.


 * COLOR **

I will use to explain the color in architecture, a famous park: Parque del Este in Caracas, Venezuela. Is perhaps one of the most exemplary projects of landscape architecture in Venezuela made by Burle Marx.

Color contrasts here has an equal role in continuously changing perceived depth and perspective through the seasons, even if more subdued in the interplay of tints of opposite blues and oranges, or yellows in other months with small amounts of reds.




 * LIGHT **

 The Divine Redeemer Church located in San Cristobal, Tachira State of Venezuela.  The light and shade produced by the gaps in the roofs and pierced walls. Is the best example to discuss the proper  use of natural light in architecture of the tropics like Venezuela, besides being an excellent space.




 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> TEXTURE **

<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Texture is an important element in architecture because it can influence the characteristics of a space. We can see that in architecture the texture can be used to give different sensations, such as the simple example of a rough wall with a smooth, rough wall is normally associated to an exterior environment,difficult to find a wall of this type check us otherwise, that we invite to come to the place, unlike what would be a smooth marble-wall instead gives us a feeling inside, elegance and peace of mind.

<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Caracas - Venezuela. Hotel J. W. Marriott <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">We can see how the use of a smooth and polished, in this case in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Caracas, <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> you can change the characteristics of the space making it a quiet, elegant and gives us a sense of security.


 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">RHYTHM **

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<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">In the Central University of Venezuela, designed by the famous architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, we can see that there is a rhythm. A clear example of this is in covered square. The use of columns can define the crossover of the covered square without using walls, and giving the space a special rhythm. Besides, highness of the roof is comfortable for pedestrians and allows the comfortable permanence.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 16px;">In this project, Cultural park Tiuna Fort; we can see the two types of circulation, horizontal and vertical circulation. If we see the access, we can note that it is determined by a horizontal circulation and inside this project we can identify a central space surrounded by various volumes, which is the focus of the horizontal circulation of the ground floor. On the other hand, we see that there is a vertical circulation, two module of circulation which manages to communicate the different floors more quickly.
 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CIRCULATION **


 * <span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">SPACE AND SCALE **



<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">In architectural spaces the human scale is defined by the dimensions and proportions of the human body. The proportion of a building in relationship with a person is determined by the dimensions of the space and scale and how the architect wants the user to perceive this relationship between the constructive elements, the forms and the space left in between which the user occupies.

<span style="font-family: "Palatino Linotype","Book Antiqua",Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">In the Teatro Teresa Carreño of Thomas Lugo Marcano, Jesus Sandoval and Dietrich Kunckel. We see that it is a really majestic project. We could think that this project is too big that isolates the human scale. We need to consider: the function of it, this project is a theater which main purpose is to give presentations to an audience. VIDEO LINK: []