Introduction to

SITE PLANNING
Definition
History
Site Planning process

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What is SITE PLANNING

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Buildings
Roads
Walkway
Trees, garden,
pool (landscape)
Water
Plaza
Pier
environment
Etc.

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Definition
Site planning is the art and science of
arranging the structures on the land and
shaping the spaces between, an arts of
arranging USES of land linked to architecture,
engineering, landscape architecture, and city
planning. Site plans locate objects and
activities in SPACE and TIME. These plans
may concern a small cluster of houses, a
single building and its grounds, or something
as extensive as a small community built in a
single operation.
Kevin Lynch, Gary Hack; Site Planning, MIT
press, Cambridge 1996

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No matter sites are large or small,

they must be viewed as part of the
total environment.

Scope of work

Site Planners designate the

uses of land in detail by sele
cting and analyzing sites, f
orming land use plans, orga
nizing vehicular and pedestr
ian circulation, designing vi
sual form and materials conc
epts, readjusting the existi
ng landforms by design gradi
ng, providing proper draina
ge, and finally developing t
he construction details neces
sary to carry out their project
s.

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Related profession

Site planning is
professionally exercised dir
ectly by landscape architec
ts, but there are related pro
fession involved which are
architects, urban and regio
nal planners, engineers.
On larger commissions the
landscape architect often s
erve as a member of a clos
ely coordinated professiona
l team, which includes archi
tects, engineers, planners,
and scientist-advisors.

Urban
Planning

Architec
ture

Site
planning

Landscape
architecture

Civil
engineering

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Environment and quality

of life

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. It creates a pattern of those
elements in space and time, which will be subject to
continuous future management and change.

Spirit of place
Character of the place
Nature of the project
Behavioral studies

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Brief History

Four basic models of

site planning in histor
y

1.Fixing the place

2.Defining the enclosure
3.Sense of order
4.Form of axial

Fixing the space

Sense of order

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Defining the enclosure

The form of axial

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Brief History

The image and form of the

object building are
capable of fixing a place

Fixing the space

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Defining the enclosure

A collection of independent structures,

which although unattached, create a
coherent image of place

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Brief History

The form of a building can

be such that a place may b
e fixed by the enclosure of t
he facades

Sense of order

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Brief History

Although the kinetic

implications of the word
path are somewhat contra
dictory, paths are nonetheles
s capable of forming coheren
t, meaningful images.

The form of axial

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Layers of Site Planning

Mass and space

Zoning
circulation
Service &
maintenance
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Mass and
space
Zoning

Circulation

Service &
maintenance

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Objectives

The model of Site planning

process
Need
Quantity
Time
Behavior

In site planning, as
in other forms of pr
oblem solving, the c
ritical thinking proc
ess of research, ana
lysis, and synthesis
makes a major cont
ribution to the form
ation of design deci
sions process.
Cost estimate

Program
analysis

User & client

data

Site analysis

Site
information

Natural factors
Cultural factors
Aesthetic factors

Synthesis
Site potential

Schematic
Site plan 1

Situation

Schematic
Site plan 2

Evaluation

Schematic
Site plan 3

Criteria

Selected
Site plan

Development process

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Flow chart of
development process
Development
process

Defining the
problem
Site&program
analysis
Schemetic
design w/ prelim
cost estimate
Design
development
Development
process

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Project
phasing 1

Project
phasing 2

Project
phasing 3

Project
phasing 4

Project
phasing

Design development &

detail costing
Contract
document
Bidding &
contracting
Construction
Project
inspection
Occupation &
management
Post Occupancy
evaluation

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