LA 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Site Planning, Tax Assessment, American Society Of Landscape Architects
● Site context matters: included in LEED rating systems and the ASLA Sustainable sites
certification system
● Mixed-Use redevelopment-combining residential, commercial and other land uses on a
previously developed site to reduce the site eco footprint
● Mixed use development can contribute to sustainability initiatives by
Site Selection Scope:
● Programs are expressed in terms of quantity and quality of spaces to anticipate project
needs
● Programming:
○ Initiate the project
○ Develop the project’s mission and objectives (concept_
○ Determine the project’s operational and physical requirements
○ Document and present the program to the client
● Programming gathering info by:
○ Interviews
○ Surveys document analysis
○ Behavioral observation
○ Visiting a state of the art project
○ Literature search
○ Other
● Site reconnaissance: (site visit)
○ Historic and current aerial photos
○ Zoning maps
○ Road maps
○ Soil maps
○ Flood hazard maps
○ Tax assessment maps
Visual Preference Surveys
● A way to solicit stakeholder opinions concerning future development or
restoration alternatives
● Site planning and design decisions that impact the built environment’s visual
quality
Design Precedents
● Post Occupancy evaluation identify best practices and design mistakes
● The landscape architecture foundation developed a method for site planning projects
○ Programmed uses and requirements, including needs of special user groups
○ Spatial organization and articulation of buildings, circulation systems, and open
space
○ Design responses to site and contextual factor
○ Techniques for protecting and restoring environmental and cultural resources
○ Construction and operational costs
Program Documentation
● Programs may specify land uses, activities, facilities that will occur on site, amount of
space required for proposed activities desired spatial relationships among these
activities and phasing of the development.
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Document Summary
Site context matters: included in leed rating systems and the asla sustainable sites certification system. Mixed-use redevelopment-combining residential, commercial and other land uses on a previously developed site to reduce the site eco footprint. Mixed use development can contribute to sustainability initiatives by. Programs are expressed in terms of quantity and quality of spaces to anticipate project needs. Develop the project"s mission and objectives (concept_ Determine the project"s operational and physical requirements. Document and present the program to the client. Visiting a state of the art project. A way to solicit stakeholder opinions concerning future development or restoration alternatives. Site planning and design decisions that impact the built environment"s visual quality. Post occupancy evaluation identify best practices and design mistakes. The landscape architecture foundation developed a method for site planning projects. Programmed uses and requirements, including needs of special user groups. Spatial organization and articulation of buildings, circulation systems, and open space. Design responses to site and contextual factor.
