Site Analysis And The Planning Process PDF

APLANN01: SITE ANALYSIS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS Ar. Diane A. Jose, MBA, PIA, UAP WHERE TO START? From SITE ANALYSIS onwards… - Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack DEFINITION OF SITE ANALYSIS ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  SITE ANALYSIS The analysis of the building site...

APLANN01: SITE ANALYSIS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS Ar. Diane A. Jose, MBA, PIA, UAP WHERE TO START? From SITE ANALYSIS onwards… - Kevin Lynch and Gary Hack DEFINITION OF SITE ANALYSIS ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  SITE ANALYSIS The analysis of the building site which includes the assessment of its better features as well as its constraints and liabilities  SITE ANALYSIS The vital step in the design process. It involves the evaluation of an existing or potential site in relation to the development program, environmental impact, impacts on the community and adjacent properties, project budget, and schedule.  SITE ANALYSIS Identifies environmental, program, and development constraints and opportunities. A well- executed site analysis forms the essential foundation for a cost-effective, environmentally sensitive, and rational approach to project development. SITE APPERICIATION AND ANALYSIS ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  SITE APPRECIATION AND ANALYSIS Can be earned out in either of the following two situations: 1. SITE FACTORS – those relating to the characteristics of the site. 2. USE FACTORS – those relating to the proposed use of the site, i.e. the building program.  SITE APPRECIATION AND ANALYSIS Where the proposed use of the site is predetermined, and site analysis and site planning are concerned with determining, how best the proposed use can be fitted to the site. In particularly large-scale regional situations, site appreciation and analysis may be carried out to determine what the land is best suited for. Whenever a site is to be developed for a particular building program, two sets of factors have to be considered. PLANNING PROCESS ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  John Simond’s PLANNING - DESIGN PROCESS  SYNTHESIS GAP SYNTHESIS - combining of various components into whole: the process of combining different ideas, influences, or objects into a new whole. SYNTHESIS GAP SYNTHESIS GAP (3) GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE PLANNING PROCESS ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  3 GENERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE PLANNING-DESIGN PROCESS 1. RESEARCH Program Development Site Inventory – Physical, Biological and Cultural Attributes 2. ANALYSIS Site Analysis 3. SYNTHESIS Conceptual Design Preliminary Design Site Plan/Master Plan SITE SURVEY ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  METHODS OF SURVEY A survey is a checklist of information or data pertaining to a site—such a list would be drawn up after an initial analysis of the problem. To guide the first survey, information would be gathered continuously as the problem develops.  SURVEY Steps that could be followed in conducting a survey: Initial Personal Reconnaissance Notes Sketches Photographs Apparent character Possibilities COLLECTION OF DATA: SITE INVENTORIES AND ATTRIBUTES ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture SITE ATTRIBUTES FOR SITE INVENTORIES  PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES Sub-Category Attribute Soils Bearing Capacity Stability Erodability Fertility Topography Elevation Slope Hydrology Surface Drainage Aquifer recharge areas Depth to seasonal water table Geology Seismic hazards Depth to bedrock Climate Winds Solar access  BIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES Sub-Category Attribute Vegetation Plant communities Specimen trees Exotic invasive species Wildlife Endangered of threatened species habitats  CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES Sub-Category Attribute Land Use Prior land use Land use on adjoining properties Legal Land ownership Land use regulations Easements and deed restrictions Utilities Water Electric Sanitary sewer Circulation Traffic volume Street function (e.g. arterial, collector) Historic Archeological sites Sensory Noise Visual quality Odors  DATA COLLECTION When selecting a site it should be noted that future considerations and expansions should be met. Never select a site for its immediate application. COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION: SITE PLANNING ARPLANN01: Site Planning and Landscape Architecture  SITE PLANNING Comprehensive Definition: Site planning, then, is the organization of the external physical environment to accommodate human behavior. It deals with the qualities and locations of structures, land, activities, and living things. It creates a pattern of those elements in space and time, which will be subject to continuous future management and change. The technical output—the grading plans, utility layouts, survey locations, planting plans, sketches, diagrams, and specifications—are simply a conventional way of specifying this complex organization.  NEW DOCTRINE OF SITE DETERMINISM A place has an inherent right to its proper form, a “carrying capacity,” a “best use.”  REFERENCES: A Guide to Site and Environmental Planning by Harvey M. Rubenstein Site Planning by Kevin Lynch, Gary Hack Site Planning and Design by Thomas Russ