Architects and urban planners will convene two symposiums to create a document that proposes possible solutions to key problems affecting the metropolitan area of Greater Santo Domingo. The initiative follows up on the publishing in Listin Diario of research that calls the city “a sick metropolis”.
The architects and urban planners say that ever since the city was divided in the municipalities of the National District, Santo Domingo East, Santo Domingo North and Santo Domingo West in 2001, “none of the local governments has had an idea of what to do to organize the city. “
In an interview at Listin Diario, architects Juan Mubarak, Marcos A. Blonda and Omar Rancier say they have collected initiatives that propose solutions to the main problems. These solutions will be debated during the symposiums.
The event has the backing of the Faculty of Architecture and the Arts (FAA) at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU) and the Architecture & Urbanism Table of the UNPHU for sustainable urbanism. The roundtable was created to explore the challenges and opportunities in sustainable urban development in the metropolitan region and back government entities that have an impact on Greater Santo Domingo in the drafting of the Land Use Plan (Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial Metropolitano).
In the first symposium a Letter of Santo Domingo will be drafted a Letter that proposes solutions for the city in five urban systems: productive activities, housing, social facilities, transport, and environment. The date for the symposium is 11-12 September and it is by invitation only.
The second symposium would be held 10-15 October to discuss the Letter of Santo Domingo.
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Listin Diario
3 September 2018
