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Master Planning – Engaging and Inclusive Process

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Everybody knows why it is necessary to plan an architectural design for a building, or why it is necessary to make a structural design for a bridge, or why it is necessary to design the landscape for the entry. These activities tackle, among other aspects, apparent spatial usage, esthetic and safety issues. And all these activities result in or allow physical spaces that can be owned or leased to be delivered. So why is master planning commissioned and what purpose does it serve? Why? Just because the high-level vision and philosophy that master planning reflects guides the development's place-building and lifestyle proposal and can drive making, facilities and landscape projects to be more effective and productive, thus saving time, effort and money in the process. A master plan is a comprehensive framework of long-term planning that includes a strategic format to direct future development and growth. Master planning is about integrating houses, social settings and...
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Firmness, Commodity, and Delight

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Have you ever seen a lovely building? A hotel, a high tower, a comfortable little home, a super palace, an airport, or even a prison? Each one needs architecture involvement. Architecture is not just about style and aesthetics, but also cultural, political, technological, environmental, and even medical. Architecture is a science as well as an art. Perhaps we could take it a step further and say it's a highly complex jewel because it's not just art or science, it's more than that. This is a field focused on psychology, sociology, economics, politics, and so much more. Architecture is certainly a part of the culture; it was considered the mother of all arts! It is a part of how we see each other, and part of how we see the universe. The unique aspect of architecture is that it can last for hundreds and hundreds of years in its concrete manifestation in structures. Architecture has become the environmental set and meaning of our lives beyond just providing shelter. That...
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