Uploaded on 2016-03-10 by Raul9

*EXERCISE 1* 1- Which are your top livability criteria? • Housing • Transportation • Environment • Economy • Health care 2- Why do we live where we live? I live in Aguascalientes City, a city within the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico.![AGUASCALIENTES CITY][1] • I work as a professor of architecture in my city • I currently have architecture projects being built in the city • I live close to work • There are job opportunities • Is a safe city ![MY HOUSE][2] ![DISTANCE RATIO WORK-HOUSE][3] ![UNIVERSITY 1][4] ![UNIVERSITY 2][5] ![ARCHITECTURE PROJECT 1][6] 3- To what extend does your own place of residence fulfill your ideal livability criteria? CRITERIA SCORE 1-100 Housing 50 Transportation 20 Environment 40 Economy 30 Health care 40 General livability score 36 4- What would you change? The first measure would be the improvement of transportation specifically public transportation because it is basically one of the worst services in the country. It is inefficient, unpractical, old, unsafety and there is not enough for the current population. The second problem regarding transportation is the city´s mobility, which is inefficient and planned by inexperienced people. Decisions made by politicians in order to make themselves look good for their government period “improving” all the infrastructure related with automobiles but with a lack of information, surveys and criteria, causing a lot of problems like segregation and contamination. The next move would be to change the housing politics and the normativity, improving it radically by adding mix-use of land politics, controlling the expansion of housing developments and allowing new density constrains that aim for the densification of the center. 5- Why do we move? Amsterdam, Netherlands • Education • Infrastructure • Public transportation • Use of alternative transportation methods • Urban planning and architecture Copenhagen, Denmark • Use of alternative transportation methods • Efficient public transportation • High education level • Public space and amenities • Contemporary architecture Tokyo, Japan • Strong Economy • Efficient public transportation • One of the best health systems • Safety • Contemporary Architecture [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14575909025567027.jpg [2]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14575909181309061.jpg [3]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1457590936617774.jpg [4]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/145759095869207.jpg [5]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1457590970140621.jpg [6]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/1457590982556964.jpg