Architecture is a tool that modifies the natural environment, through designs human-made structures – apartments, malls, health centers, factories, etc. Architecture works hand-in-hand with the fundamentals of planning to enhance the outlook of the surrounding environment. Nonetheless, architecture, should not create a ‘concrete jungle' but develop a social environment – case example, New York Derive. Furthermore, the developed environment establishes a scene consisting of buildings of varying heights, width, and design, etc. concerning establish a beautiful setting. Le Corbusier, (338) encouraged the development of megastructures and envisioned them as the ‘future”.
The New York Derive has buildings of different heights that complement the environment. Case example, The Wall Street, which – from its name – encompasses buildings of varying heights along a whole street. A walk or drive through such a street does not demean one's presence. The architectural design established creates a public realm and enhances the overall outlook of the environment by complementing the building character and the surrounding. Furthermore, its creation should emphasize on environmental protection and advocate for public interaction. Designs and plans are made for appreciation of people. Therefore, interacting areas, contrary to the natural definition, can be defined as "one filled with a hubbub of human beings" (Fishman, 32). Diverse activities create a beautiful and active environment thereby, developing a scene that also creates an entertainment setting.
With an evolving and developing infrastructure, the natural environment gets depleted over time. However, through set rules and regulations set to campaign for environmental protection, proposed building have to be certified as eco-friendly. Apart from modifying the natural phenomena, buildings have to comply to set standards, for example, the control level of waste (fumes/smog) emitted by a factory. Since some effects of development are irreversible, incorporating the natural aspects boosts the diversity, apart from the aesthetic aspects.
References
Corbusier, Le. The city of to-morrow and its planning. Courier Corporation, 1987.
Fishman, Robert. Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier. MIT Press, 1982.
