How Well Do You Know the Importance of Locale in Physical Design?
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What was the purpose of inviting five multidisciplinary teams to offer design ideas for an Olympic Village in New York City?

As part of a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

What was the purpose of inviting five multidisciplinary teams to offer design ideas for an Olympic Village in New York City?

As part of a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

What was the location of the parcel of land requested for the design proposals?

The southern tip of Queens West, a waterfront area with unimpeded views across the East River to mid-town Manhattan.

How did the five teams present their design proposals?

<p>In three-dimensional models with graphic panels including images and text.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the different ways in which the five teams depicted their project and its urban surroundings?

<p>Notably different ways, with one team focusing on local edge conditions and another treating the site strictly as conceptual terrain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the difference between how one team and another team conceived the site?

<p>One team focused on local edge conditions, while another treated the site strictly as conceptual terrain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the question prompted by the different physical areas identified as relevant to each project and the distinct strategies used to understand these areas?

<p>What constitutes a site in design?</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did some teams view the site?

<p>As belonging to the city at large, 'opening the site as a New York City attraction' or 'creating the largest urban waterfront park in New York City.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the history of literature addressing the subject of site in physical design projects?

<p>The design field overall has a history of scanty literature directly addressing the subject of site.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the question posed by the different physical areas identified as relevant to each project and the distinct strategies used to see and understand these areas?

<p>What constitutes a site in design?</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does each specialized area of physical design construe the location of its activities and practices?

<p>Landscape architecture treats site explicitly as material terrain; architecture focuses on buildings and the lot as the ground for design intervention; urban planning incorporates social, economic, and political concerns into its conception of location; and urban design draws upon the material specificity associated with landscape architecture and architecture, as well as the broader, less physical concerns of planning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the history of literature directly addressing the subject of site in physical design projects?

<p>It is scanty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does each specialized area of physical design construe the location of its activities and practices?

<p>Through its own normative approaches: landscape architecture treats site explicitly as material terrain; architecture’s traditional focus on buildings has led to a tacit focus on the lot as the ground for design intervention; urban planning incorporates social, economic, and political concerns into its conception of location; and urban design draws upon the material specificity associated with landscape architecture and architecture, as well as the broader, less physical concerns of planning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the aim of the anthology mentioned in the text?

<p>To address the theoretical and historiographical obscurity of the subject of site in physical design practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Designing for Site: The Importance of Locale in Physical Design Practice

  • Five multidisciplinary teams of architects, landscape architects, and urban designers and planners were invited to offer design ideas for an Olympic Village in New York City as part of a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
  • The proposals were requested for a particular parcel of land at the southern tip of Queens West, a waterfront area with unimpeded views across the East River to mid-town Manhattan.
  • All five designs were presented similarly, in three-dimensional models with graphic panels including images and text, but each team depicted their project and its urban surroundings in notably different ways.
  • One team focused on local edge conditions, conceiving the site in terms of immediate physical surroundings, while another treated the site strictly as conceptual terrain, using the proposals to engage the history of ideas about the area.
  • Some teams viewed the site as belonging to the city at large, “opening the site as a New York City attraction” or “creating the largest urban waterfront park in New York City.”
  • The different physical areas identified as relevant to each project and the distinct strategies used to see and understand these areas prompt a question: what constitutes a site in design?
  • The design field overall has a history of scanty literature directly addressing the subject of site, despite the fact that physical design projects are always located in a specific place, and the work of physical design necessarily depends on notional understandings about the relationships between a project and a locale.
  • Each specialized area of physical design – architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and urban planning – construes the location of its activities and practices overtly and tacitly through its own normative approaches.
  • Landscape architecture treats site explicitly as material terrain; architecture’s traditional focus on buildings has led to a tacit focus on the lot as the ground for design intervention; urban planning incorporates social, economic, and political concerns into its conception of location; and urban design draws upon the material specificity associated with landscape architecture and architecture, as well as the broader, less physical concerns of planning.
  • The multiplicity of comprehensions about the subject of site has rarely been made explicit, and none of the design areas has systematically treated “thinking about sites” in a disciplinary sense, and certainly not in reference to allied areas or to other disciplines.
  • This anthology aims to address the theoretical and historiographical obscurity of the subject of site in physical design practice.
  • The subject of site provides a theoretical background against which design actions are taken, and received understandings of the subject inevitably precede design action.

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Test your knowledge on the importance of locale in physical design practice with this quiz based on the anthology exploring the subject of site. From the different approaches of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, and urban planning to the historical and theoretical background that shapes design actions, this quiz will challenge your understanding of the relationship between a project and its locale. Whether you are a student of physical design or simply interested in the topic, this quiz will offer insights into the multidisciplinary field of design.

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