The Way People Live4 BModule English Toolkit 1 - Art Urban Design 1 Urban design focuses on the shape of urban landscapes.. Nowadays, there is a steady movement towards urban areas, and
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Urban Design
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Urban design focuses on the shape of urban landscapes Nowadays, there is
a steady movement towards urban areas, and the number of people living in
cities keeps growing
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Many homeowners, planners, engineers, architects and scientists believe that
the character of a place matters They are working hard to shape and improve
the environment in which increasing proportions of the world’s population
spend their lives
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Architectural developments and urban design projects intend to establish a
better relationship between cities, their inhabitants and natural surroundings
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Making these cities functional and attractive can improve the places where
we live, work and play
Activities
1 Answer these questions.
a What is urban design concerned with?
b What is happening to cities today?
c What do engineers and architects agree on?
d What do architectural and urban design projects set out to do?
e Can you think of any examples of these projects being currently developed
in your town or city?
The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao The Pompidou Centre, Paris
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2 Discuss the following subtitles and use them
to fill in the blanks in the text.
3 Translate the following paragraph
4 Write the words defined here in English and
Spanish Do they look similar?
5 In groups, imagine you are architects working on the same urban design
project You want to make your neighbourhood a more attractive place to live
Which of the buildings mentioned in the previous activity would you include?
Why? How would each of them make your neighbourhood a better place to
live in? Add a sketch to your project.
a New trends
b Men at work
c Home sweet home
d A better place to live
Many home owners, planners, engineers,
architects and scientists believe that the
character of a place matters They are working
hard to shape and improve the environment
in which increasing proportions of the world’s
population spend their lives
a You can practise a variety of sports here:
b You can see a play here:
c You can borrow a book here:
d Valuable historical objects are exhibited here:
e White-collar workers work here from nine to five:
f Photographs or paintings are on display here:
g You can go shopping, have something to eat and watch a film here:
h Block of flats:
i The government of a city is established here: