On the huge canvas of Latin America, two cities emerge with various histories and contexts: La Plata (Argentina) and Bogotá. Each one with its charms and challenges, cities that intertwine in a dance of city planning, structure and every day life. On this event I’ll consult with the event of La Plata, a metropolis with an progressive strategy to its city areas that provides contemporary options tailored to the wants of its neighborhood, to ask us to rethink the planning of the capital of Colombia.
La Plata, positioned 56 km southeast of Buenos Aires, is a world reference in metropolis design and group. Its origin dates again to the nineteenth century when it was erected because the capital of the province of Buenos Aires, underneath the tutelage of the visionary governor Dardo Rocha. This metropolis stands out for its geometric format, holistic structure and European type. La Plata was structured based mostly on the brand new guidelines – of that point – in city and constructing hygiene, marking a milestone within the historical past of regional city planning.
This Argentine metropolis rose as an early instance of spatial planning and configuration. Its diagonals, like threads of an city material, information vacationers with out dropping them amongst its streets. In distinction, Bogotá grew headless. Its streets, with no predefined sample, replicate the complexity of a metropolis on which a crowded evolution has been imposed to fulfill the calls for of time and its inhabitants.
La Plata was not merely constructed in line with the altering wants of its inhabitants, the structure and its city heritage have a broad worldwide affect, evidenced in its emblematic buildings, such because the majestic Cathedral and the Museum of La Plata; In this metropolis, every facade tells a cultural story. In Bogotá, the structure is eclectic. From the colonial homes of La Candelaria to the tall buildings which were constructed lately, our capital is a mosaic of types and eras.
The public areas of La Plata with its public infrastructure create a metropolis community. Parks and squares intertwine with the avenues, like oases of contemporary air within the midst of the bustle. Planners, impressed by environmental theories, created a respiratory setting. La Plata will not be solely a metropolis of stone and metal, but additionally of timber and grass the place residents discover refuge and contemplation.
Today, La Plata is a lighthouse. Its exemplary group conjures up different Latin American cities. From the capital of Colombia we should ask ourselves: How can we weave previous and future into the planning loom of our metropolis? How can we stability modernity with reminiscence in Bogotá? La Plata reminds us that every road is a step, every sq. a march and every setting a marathon. Let’s comply with their instance, immediately the District authorities should hint and create the future of our Bogotá to evolve from the cabinets of historical past.