Friday, 22 March 2013

Architecture a New and Developing Feature in Trinidad!


Building a new and well developed future in Trinidad.
The city is the key to development and is where development on the whole actually takes place with time. The picture below illustrates the development of the city of San Fernando with the introduction of a new form of architecture that shows stability and portrays a status that we would hope to reach in Trinidad by 2020. It is this type of architectural designing that helps promote the future of the city, therefore applying the basis of designing would indeed go along way. Architecture plays a role in the home as well and this is demonstrated throughout Trinidad, this is represented by the second photo which illustrates a building at a far distant.
 "The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture."John Green (The Fault in Our Stars)
The above picture illustrates the National Academy for Performing Arts (NAPA) located in Port of Spain

Keeping in mind that architecture (as a building form) was considered one of the key elements contributing to urban morphology, which reflected the spirit of the society that produced it (Conzen 1966).


http://www.ttia-architects.org/ At this site you can find the work that is being conducted presently with respect to Trinidad by many local and international architectures.

4 comments:

  1. I enjoyed reading this post. Very nice pictures.

    It is soo true to what you are saying, everything, in certain areas, are being increasingly modern (including architecture).

    I understand how the aesthetic view can play a role in helping areas to achieve development status but can you elaborate on how does architecture play a role in the economic, political or social aspects?

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    1. Hey thanks for the comment!
      I believe that architecture play a vital role with respect to economic, political and social aspects by promoting the circulation of capital and by also helping to stimulate consumption levels and in addition the extraction of surplus value by providing new designs and housing developments in many areas in Trinidad such as Port of Spain. Changing the design of a building matures the abbility of greater attraction.

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  2. Ohhh, ok thanks, this clears it all up, great work :D

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  3. Feature or future?

    Could you give us a little more theory... and a little more of your own personal photos?

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