SITE PLANNING & LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE
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SITE PLANNING & LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ARCH. ACE Y. CEDENO

SITE PLANNING

•“The Art of arranging structures on the land and shaping

the spaces between; an art linked to architecture,
engineering, landscape architecture and city planning”
(site planning by Kevin Lynch)
• The art and science of arranging the uses of portions of
land. These users are designated in detail by selecting and
analyzing sites, forming land use plans, organizing
vehicular and pedestrian circulation, developing visual form
and materials concepts, readjusting the existing landforms
by design grading, providing proper drainage, and
developing the construction details necessary to carry out
the projects ( a guide to site planning 1980 by Harvey M.
Rubenstein)
• In site planning, as in other forms of problem solving, the
critical thinking process of research, analysis and synthesis
makes a major contribution to the formation of design
decisions.
• Research is made from existing projects, books,
photographs, or experiments, a program is formulated to
develop the project is listed
• Analysis of the site considering existing natural and
man-made features to determine inherent qualities that
gives a site its ‘personality’. A topographic analysis is
mandatory emphasis should be made on the site’s
relationship with the total environment and its special
values or potentials.