“A city exists for the sake of a good life – not for the sake of life only” –Aristotle
My name is Aisha Ali and I think that urban design is about connecting people together to improve their lives, and create beautiful spaces.
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“A City is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims” -Leon Krier
My name is Amal Saleh and I think that urban design is about building for the future through the community and the environment for a better quality of life.
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“Good plans shape good decisions. That’s why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true”. -Lester Robert Bittel
Hi, My name is Reem, I am a third year architectural student. I always looked at how the city of Doha was planned, and how there were many empty spots nearby. I took this course to know more about urban planning and design in order to plan a more efficient urban fabric for the city of Doha in the future.
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“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one”. -Aristotle
My name is Abida khan, i believe that urban design is about giving the place its value and creating a valuable public space.
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“Economics, urban planning, ecology are only the means. Happiness is the goal. – Enrique Penalosa”
My name is Rand Faris I’m third year architectural student. I think urban design and planning is Urban design is about making connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built fabric. Urban design draws together the many strands of place-making, environmental stewardship, social equity and economic viability into the creation of places with distinct beauty and identity.
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“The building of cities is one of man’s greatest achievements.” -Edmund Bacon
My name is Fatma Ahmed and I think that urban design is the art of creating and shaping cities with a sense of integration between people and places which makes life better for all!
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Al-salamu Alaykum, my name is Noor M. Salame, in some peoples opinion Urban planning is a technical and political process which is concerned with the use of land; but on the other hand urban planning is a long designing process that conceders many aspects in city/country. Urban planning are harmonic lines that connects the city as one melody joining the whole country as one song
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“A city should be built to give its inhabitants security and happiness.”
I’m Hanan AlObaidly, and I think everything we do in this life has to have meaning and of greater goals, which also implies on Urban Design and Planning since it touches many aspects of our lives!
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“Are we actually becoming ‘good at cities’ in a way we weren’t hundreds of years ago?” Ben Hammersley
I’m Moza AlMarri, and I think we should learn from the past, plan for the future by focusing on today!
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“Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how?”
-Edward T. McMahon
Hi, My name is Fatima AlNuaimi and I think that planning a city is not that easy!
We should maintain the city’s soil, air, and water (history, culture, and civilization)
try to develop it without killing the city’s existence!