Site planning is the art and science of arranging the uses of portions of land.

Site planners designate these uses in detail by selecting and analyzing sites, forming land use plans, organizing vehicular and pedestrian circulation, developing visual form and materials concepts, Site planners arrange for the accommodation of the program of activities clients have specified. Site planning 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.

Site Concepts and Principles

- Every site is a unique interconnected web of things and activities that imposes limitations and offers possibilities. - A site or project/planning area varies in size, location and characteristics. -A site in its own right is a living, changing community of plants and animals . -Knowledge of the site - Understanding the site to define or establish the essential character or nature of the site - A sufficient knowledge and understanding of the nature of the site would make the planner much conscious and sensitive to the sites distinct character - Understanding the site has two branches one oriented to the users and the other to the site itself.

Objectives of Site Planning

-Site planning is concerned with the environment around buildings, open spaces within the built environment and areas which are non-agricultural. -provides a means of identifying and understanding problems - Decide the best location - Who are to use the land - How analysis of the sites environment - How to influence the appearance of the site - How to work out the details of what should happen on a given area of land

The essence of site planning

- no one particular viewpoint is considered - holistic viewpoint - multi-dimensional viewpoint - comprehensive viewpoint

- Site planning attempts to consider the site in relation to the interest of society - Economic / social issues a. policy b. systems and procedures / devt control c. financial / economic constraints d. market demand - focus more on the analysis of the physical / natural environment

Stages in the Production of a Site Plan

1. Client wants to develop a site 2. Technical Team assembled 3. Key Issues Identified 4. Alternative Site Examined 5. Discussions with local planners/stakeholders 6. SITE INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT 7. Present and Future Needs 8. Site Potential Assessed 9. Environmental Policies 10. Alternative Development Concepts Examined 11. SITE PLAN 12. Planning Approval sought by client 13. Design and Management Briefs developed

site planning is the art of arranging structures on the land and shaping the spaces between, an
art linked to architecture, engineering, landscape architect, and city or urban planning. Normal Process Site planning is usually accomplished in a regular sequence

Program
When the problem has been set and site and users analyzed, then a detailed program can be made out. Traditionally this has been a perfunctory affair Schematic Plan Once the program has been defined, designing in the conventional sense begins, although images of form have been latent in all the preceding stages, and program and design interact continuously throughout the remaining process.

Detailed Plan and Contract Documents

Given that choice, the designer now proceeds to a detailed development of the plan, which will allow more exact cost estimates and final client approval. Supervision and Occupation the last professional step is to supervise construction on the ground, in order to ensure compliance the designer is also responsible for helping to make a smooth transition between construction and management of the site. the stages 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

of site planning proper are:

Defining the problem Programming and the analysis of site and user Schematic design and the preliminary cost estimate Developed design and detailed costing Contract documents Bidding and contracting Construction Occupation and management

Microclimate
is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area.

Passive solar building design

In passive solar building design, windows, walls, and floors are made to collect, store, and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject solar heat in the summer. The key to designing a passive solar building is to best take advantage of the local climate