7 principles for building better cities

In summary, Peter Calthorpe says that the architects have to start to think how to design cities for three billion of pepole by the year 2050, because, if we don't have actions to design new cities, the solutions proposed for adaptate to the climatic change will be futile. We have to change our form of life: we live in cities designes for cars, but the streets are not be able to cope many vehicles, least for us. Our houses are stored as if they where a honeycomb, but this isn't all: our neighbourhoods are separated for a lot of towers, roads, railways, rivers, subways, economic situations, educational situations, among other ways. We have to make cities great places. How? Reducing carbon emissions transporting by bikes, designing growing smart cities with mixed-use environments, interacting with our neighboors, incorporating more green areas into urbanistic plan, working in community, living in community (all of us with other living things, remember that all the livin things are the environment).

Bringing the situation to Santiago, most of the problems present by Calthorpe occur in chilean capital city. People are separated by economic situation: rich people live since Forest Park to east, and the rest of Santiago divided into two ways: majority of people that live within iron belt are middle class, and majority of people that live outside iron belt are low class. Neighborhoods and urban planning are changing in accordance with economic class. In Las Condes, urban plant is similar to medieval plant and blocks are sinuous, height of the building is more or less homogeneous, there are many green areas, the roads are wide and clean, and there's greater access to environmental education (healthy organic food, recycling centers, among other elements). Santiago center urban plant is more organized than Las Condes urban plant because blocks has been traced in checkerboard, but height of the building is very diverse, there's less green areas, the width of streets is diverse and waste begins to appear on the streets, there are many commercial space. Estación Central urban plant is very disorganized in compared with two previous communes and blocks are very diverse, height of the building is diverse since the construction of vertical ghettos, there's only one big green area and the rest are spaces abandoned and covered with waste, the width of streets is diverse and very dirty and there's much crime.

Finally, I'm partly agree with Peter Calthorpe because, while bicycles are a good solution to fight with carbon emissions, I'm not clear about what we do with obsolete cars: where we are going to save the cars or their pieces, what will happen with waste.

My career

When I was in highschool, I wanted to study forensic medicine, or other medicine branch. But, in my 11th year, I had an emotional crisis. Everyday I asked me ''Did I really loved medicine?'', ''Did I chose well?'', among other questions. I doubted one year before to enter the university! Oh, no, my parents hated me! My questions and my conscience's rebukes was stressing me, I didn't know what career I loved.

In my last year in highschool, I spoke with my dad about houses, after a while I asked me ''and what do an architect exactly?'' I searched in Google, I don't remeber the website, I didn't understand nothing, haha. After this day, the idea of what is be an architect and what they do was turned around in my mind. Then, when I watched Construction's Pavillion in Chilevisión, I argued with TV because the buildings are so horrible, smalls, without green areas, and my mom when heard me argue alone, she aswered me ''you should be an architect and resolve these problems''. In these moment, I just stayed in silence, thinking in her words, in the posibility of study this career.

I watched City tour On tour all saturdays, I argued with new buildings in General Velásquez everyday since the bus, haha, I loved walk with my grandma in our neighbourhood. My friends said that I was crazy: ''my cousin studies architecture and sometimes he must stay to sleep in the university because he doesn't finish his works in his house'', ''teachers are monsters'', ''you'll have to make many models'', ''an architecture student don't sleep, you won't sleep well nevemore'', among other things that I don't remember.

Over and above the career, I must to think what university I'll choose. Well, I knew that I wouldn't like to study in Catholic University because I'm atheist. Some universities visited my school, but none interested me. One day, my classmates and me visited Usach, this university doesn't like because there are many dogs, and I'm afraid dogs. Other day, some classmates and me went to lecture about inmunology in Medicine's faculty of University of Chile. When we enter to university, I knew that I would like to study in here because I felt in home.

Then, it's time to apply for a career. I postulated architecture and arts, but my first priority are architecture. Why architecture? Well, architecture is a combination of arts and science, this career was around in my mind for one year, and I can save the environment since here, because, in Chile, nobody hear an environmentalist or byologist.

Great moments: My first concert

It was a Thursday September 14th, the last year. I was ill because I ate a Lays Maxx Ketchup  in bad conditions the last Wednesday. I was drink Gatorade all the day because I needed to moisturized after this food intoxication. After Workshop, I had a date with my mom in Pedrero, then, we went to Monumental Stadium, we went Bon Jovi's concert.

Bon Jovi it's a 80's band formed in New Jersy in 1983 by the actual vocalist Jon Bon Jovi. They specialize in music genders such as pop rock, hard rock, melodic rock and glam metal. The actual members are Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres, David Bryan, Hugh McDonalld and Pill-X. 

When we leaved the Metro station, we walked to the Stadium. We knew what are the path inmediately: many people were walking to the same place. When we got to the entrance of the Stadium, the security guards enablesed us with our Gatorades, this was great because both was ill, haha. Once inside, we choosed our seats, we talked about our day in the FAU or about mom's work, we laugh of gest band, they imitated other band styles. Then, lights turned off: the concert has began. My stomach contracted, people were screaming. The first song was This house is not for sale, this was the first time that I listened Bon Jovi new songs. We forgot our illness and we enjoyed the night as other people, but not all was pink colour: many people were smoking. Just these time, I wasn't angry, I forgot the situation and I concentrated to the show. After a while, started a song that weren't on the list: my favourite song Bed of Roses. This was the best moment of the night. I sang a lot of songs, I loved some new songs and, unfortunately for we, the concert finished at 11:00pm. 

We leaft the Stadium and we took the bus to came home. The bus it was a long time to come to Baquedano. In here, we took a taxi. When we step inside, we note that the driver was listening Pamela Chu during all the way to the house. We came home at 2:00am. 

A country that I would like to go

I would like to visit all countrysides around the world because I love grass, walk in the forest, discover abandoned places hiding into the forest, observe animals in their natural environment, smell flowers and other plants, among other activities. In short, countryside is my oasis. 

In this case, I would like to visit Scotland. Why Scotland? Well, United Kingdom is a green island, that is to say, there are many green wilderness areas. I choose Scotland and not England because Scotland has less modern cities than England. I would like to visit more than one city. I'll start my travel in Inverness because the city it's located on the mouth of Loch Ness, and the architecture is principally ancient. I'll go walk in the city, searching squares, cemeteries, comfortable neighbourhoods, and other interesting places. In the evening, I'll stay at Premier Inn Inverness Centre River Ness tonight.

Tomorrow, I'll go to Glenfinnan by train and I'll visit monuments and, in afternoon, I'll sit on the rocks and I would like to watch the Loch Shiel for a while, in silence.















In evening, I'll go to Glencoe, a small village coposed of small houses only. In the evening, I'll walk in the village, watching houses, the stores and the people working inside; finally, I'll stay in Glencoe House tonight.














Tomorrow, I'll visit Trossachs Holiday Park to walk in the forest for a long time, then I'll go to Callander, other small village where architecture it's composed of small houses; I'll visit the Callander Cemetery for a while, and I'll stay in Roslin Cottage tonight.

Tomorrow, I'll go to Stirling  to visit William Wallace Monument, the Old Stirling Bridge and some abbeys; then, I'll travel to Linlithgow to visit Preston Island, the Gray Buchanan Park and Avon Aqueduct; then, I'll stay at Thislte Dhu Bed and Breakfast tonight, in Edinburgh.

I'll travel to Melrose, a small village with small houses and big parks; I'll visit the Melrose and Dryburgh abbeys, and I'll stay in Melrose abbey cemetery for a long time, watching the graves.

Then, I'll travel to Glasgow Glasgow, a beautiful city where the architecture is made of modern constructions and victorian constructions. In afternoon, I'll visit Arkleston Cemetery; then I'll stay in Glynhill Hotel & Leisure Club, this is my last night in Scotland. Finally, I'll go to Glasgow Airport and I'll fly back to Chile.