ABSTRACT

Within a contemporary city, it can be quite difficult to see how the urban landscape came to its present form. The urban layers and the footprint of each society can, in part, be identified in the urban form. The city is a mirror of the people that inhabit it and have inhabited it: their values, culture and history. Countless invisible planes of conflicting interest or communication are revealed, shrouded in social and economic actions or political interference. Urban morphology studies the development of cities by looking at the context of streets, plots and houses, and by deciphering their development over time. Population growth was largely concentrated in the capital region, where approximately two-thirds of the nation resides. The frame-plan avoids discussing the type of houses to be built in the area. The planning proposals experimented with incorporating these elements and a committee chose a solution that was based on the guidelines set for the competition.