PLANNING-MODULE 5

• Site Context


  The specific and immediate setting in which the development sits and with which it engages
• Image/Symbols


  • It is a backdrop
  • It is a setting of structure
  • It is a picture to be framed
  • It is a theme
  • It is a constantly changing mood
  • It is a setting structure
• Visual Aspects of plan arrangement

  • Suitability as a plan factor - related to man and those areas and spaces that he uses
  • Design treatment of view – the related use-areas and spaces should be developed in harmony with the view as it exists or as it may be treated
  • The power of suggestion – suggests experience through users' perception
  • Concealment and revealment – a view should be totally revealed in its fullest impact only from tat position in the plan where there is most desirable
• Elements of a Vista

  • A viewing station
  • Object/ object to be seen
  • Intermediate ground
• Fundamentals of a fine vista

  • Terminus – a terminal feature on which the vista is focused, it sets the theme to be focused
  • Middle ground
  • Enframement
• Three planes of Enframement

  • Base plane
  • Overhead plane
  • Vertical plane – most important function in defining the uses of space, has a great visual impact and may act as points or reference or landmarks
• Axis


  • It is directional
  • It is orderly
  • It is dominating
  • It is often monotonous
• Aesthetics is how buildings relate to their individual sites. That is a personal, philosophical choice. Urban environments differ from suburban or rural sites. There are local building codes and regulations that must be gathered from government offices. Existing utilities (if any) must be discovered. Topographic maps, zoning maps, hydrological maps, geological maps and etc. A lot of information must be gathered before any plans can be developed.
• Physical consideration allowed us to create virtual worlds of interaction, our collective need for memorable places, meaningful communities, and ecologically appropriate settlements has never been greater.
• The purpose of this concentration is to enable planning students to contribute to the design, function, and sustainability of our communities.
• Context


  The environment in which a development is located. It is the specific and immediate setting in which the development sits and with which it engages.
• Advantages of good site and context analysis

  • Better value
  • Better environmental sustainability
  • Better connectivity
  • Better accessibility
  • Better security
  • Better health and well-being benefits
  • Better sense of place
  • Better cost effectiveness
• The Analysis should also identify site opportunities such as valuable views, sunlight for living spaces and quality of existing vegetation

  
• Senses stimulated by architecture

  • Touch
  • Smell
  • Sound
  • Sight
  • Taste
  • Vestibular (movement)
  • Proprioception (body position)
• Urban Land Use Map Color Code


  • Residential
  • Built-up Areas
  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Institutional
  • Parks and Playground (LT)
  • Infrastructure / Utilities
  • Agriculture (LT)
  • Agro-Industrial (LT)
  • Forest (DK)
  • Mining
  • Grassland (Olive Green)
  • Swamp Land (Aqua)
• Planning involves defining the scope of work, identifying stakeholders, determining objectives, establishing deliverables, setting constraints, and developing a plan.
• Project managers must be able to identify opportunities that can lead to projects.
• The planning process is the first step in project management, where the project manager identifies the need for a new product or service.
• Architectural working drawings


  • Require knowledge of symbols and terms commonly used in the design and construction industry
  • Must communicate in a clear and concise manner to the builders
• The drawing of an architectural working drawings requires a knowledge of the symbols and terms commonly used in the design and construction industry
• All architectural working drawings must communicate in a clear and concise manner to the builders
• Vista


  A confined view directed towards a terminal and as a dominant feature
• Spatial pattern


  The way an open space configured, it evoked flow or activity both physically and visually
• Natural features


  Includes earth, rocks, water, or plant materials acts as natural assets of the land
• View Control


  • Trees and shrubs provide backdrop and screen out objectionable views, also will filtered and framed views
• Space definition


  • Plants act as canopies, wall elements and ground covers
• Deciduous


  Falling off or shed seasonally
• Evergreen


  Having foliage that remains green
• Herbaceous plants


  The first plants with flower
• Unaltered


  Grid Line
• Altered


  Center Line