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Venezuela is one of a few countries that have a great variety of environments, but that’s not the only thing that makes Venezuela unique. Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. It’s a modern city and as all the big cities it has a great urban dynamic. A particular characteristic of Caracas is that it grew up from west to east and that’s why all the transport ways such as the principal avenues, highways and the subway that allows the horizontal circulation inside the city were built from the west side of the city to the east side.



Another curious aspect of Caracas is the fact that most of the marginal areas are located at the west side so there is a remarkable difference between the west homes and the east homes. At the west, most of the houses located at the marginal areas are made of bricks, that’s why the orange color and rouge textures have a strong presence. Otherwise the repetitive structure of the houses creates some kind of rhythm that might not be attractive to the view. On the other hand we have the east side where we can find most of the upper-class areas. The most beautiful houses of the city are located at this side and there is a great variety of colors which in combination with the green areas and the similar urban designs creates the sensation of rhythm and a comfortable environment. However there are areas where both sides of the coin converge creating a notable texture contrast.



As all the cities Caracas has many acoustics problems mostly at downtown where most of the economic activities are concentrated. The traffic represents a huge problem in many ways but one of the biggest is the annoying noise that it produces. Also at downtown there is a huge density of people which promotes the vertical growth with huge buildings and therefore the vertical circulation.



Caracas doesn’t escape of the nightlife when clubs and casinos make use of accent lighting to decorate the city. Also the traffic lights have become part of the night landscape.



Anyway, Caracas has a little bit of everything and even when the traffic problems and the unequal establishment of the population are obvious signs of poor spatial organization, things like the National Park El Ávila and the University City of Caracas remember us that it will be really hard to find other city like Caracas.