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PLANNING 1 Syllabus

This document outlines the course objectives and content for a course on site planning and landscape architecture. The course will introduce students to the artistic and functional arrangement of the built environment. It will cover parameters for site selection and analysis, considering ecological, social, psychological, and aesthetic factors. Students will learn how to relate site planning to history, planning theories, ecology, and sustainable development. They will also cover topics like site context, movement systems, site development, landscape design, and green architecture principles applied to site planning.
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PLANNING 1 Syllabus

This document outlines the course objectives and content for a course on site planning and landscape architecture. The course will introduce students to the artistic and functional arrangement of the built environment. It will cover parameters for site selection and analysis, considering ecological, social, psychological, and aesthetic factors. Students will learn how to relate site planning to history, planning theories, ecology, and sustainable development. They will also cover topics like site context, movement systems, site development, landscape design, and green architecture principles applied to site planning.
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  • Course Overview
  • Detailed Course Outline

PLANNING 1: SITE PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

The artistic and functional arrangement of buildings, open spaces, service areas, circulation and other
external areas; techniques in the enhancement and design of exterior environments.

Lecture-3 units

Lecture-3 hours

Surveying and Science, Environment and Society

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, the students be able to;

1. Explain the art of site planning & landscape architecture,


exposition on their principles and methods of
construction.
2. Describe the ecological, social, psychological, aesthetic &
functional basis of the site.
3. Relate the social issues & implications of the site planning.
4. To relate history & planning theories to ecology and
sustainable development.

Course Outline
1. Introduction to Site planning & landscape Architecture
2. Parameters of the site Selection and analysis
[Link] considerations of Site:
 Ground form
 Soil and Geology
 Water Resourses
 Microclimate
 Orientation
4. Social and Psychological Considerations
 Site Values/ Social Impact
 Behavior Settings
 User Requirements
 Cultural/ Historical Significance
 Activity/ Communication Linkages
 Pertinent Laws
 Local Government ordinances
 Land use and zoning
 Others
5. Aesthetic and Physical Considerations
 Site Context
 Image/ Symbols
 Sensuous Qualities
 Vocabulary of space
 Sensuous Forms
6. Movements Systems:
 Pedestrian
 Vehicular
 Road Layouts
7. Site Development
8. Landscape Design
[Link] and Principles of Green Architecture and
Applied in site planning and landscape design
10. Cost Factors Audio-visual equipment

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