Allen in his article ‘infrastructural urbanism’ drives at the emphasis of using updated designs and infrastructural information. His work appears more theoretical though it gives an insight on what should be done and considered. From his definition about post modernism, it is clear that his aim is to equip designers and landscape planners with knowledge about the little things that they neglect yet have great impact on landscape architecture and nature in general. From a very oblique angle, the author can be said to have a good illumination on urban design and organization since use of post modernism in architecture will help re-build the beautiful sceneries that have been long destroyed by modernism.
Focusing on the view of Wall in the article ‘programming the urban surface’ it is clear that proper planning and designing of an urban centre is vital for reduction of congestion and proper distribution of amenities. In the article, Wall describes how an urban designer or planner should do and consider in a bid to avoid a conflict between the urban design and landscape architecture. Pointing at the same theme but from a different perspective is Poole in the part I article. She describes a model of an urban centre in which all factors are considered. Comparing the two articles, Poole is more descriptive and has a greater concern on drainage while Wall is more concerned with the general outlook of the urban centre and the transport network. Poole’s article can be said to be more inclined towards drainage attributing it to her passion and interest in hydrology.
Poole in her part II of ‘potentials of landscape as infrastructure’ furthers her explanation on the relationship urban and landscape architectures. She insists that the architectures should relate in a way that they exist symbiotically and not parasitically. This article and Wall’s article intertwine by having a similar structure that addresses the organization of an urban centre and also all parts of the world inhabited by human beings.
The four articles, (Potentials of landscape as infrastructure part I and part II, programming the urban surface and infrastructural urbanism) though having different structures all address the issue of how to plan and construct a good urban centre. They address the issue of drainage (Poole), harmonious coexistence between the municipal (urban) and landscape architectures (Poole) and use of designs that can be accommodated by the landscape (Wall and Allen).
So as to have a better understanding of what reality the articles hold, let us consider a city in Kenya, Nairobi. Its architecture is not up to date since the buildings are clogged together to a point that expansion of roads call for demolitions. Also, the drainage system is wanting since water supply pipes are even under some buildings.
