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· distance between buildings
Module 2.1 – Site Development Plan
A Site Development Plan depicts the general layout and
configuration of a site, including building footprints,
parking and street layout, conceptual landscaping and
lighting, site cross-section drawings, and building
elevations.
Key Terms
Azimuth – is an angular measurement in a spherical
coordinate system.
Geographic Coordinate System - a coordinate system
used in geography that enables every location on Earth to
be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.
Site plan – a top view, bird’s eye view of a property that
is drawn to scale that can show: Site Plans, Elevations and
Floor Plans, Plan Instructions
Topography - could refer to the surface shapes and
features themselves, or a description (especially their
depiction in maps).
A site plan is an architectural plan, landscape
architecture document, and a detailed engineering
drawing of proposed improvements to a given lot. A site
plan usually shows a building footprint, travel ways,
parking, drainage facilities, sanitary sewer lines, water
lines, trails, lighting, and landscaping and garden
elements.
A site plan is a "set of construction drawings that a
builder or contractor uses to make improvements to a
property.
Site analysis is an inventory completed as a preparatory
step to site planning, a form of urban planning which
involves research, analysis, and synthesis. It primarily
deals with basic data as it relates to a specific site.
Kevin A. Lynch, an urban planner developed an eight
cycle step process of site design, in which the second step
is site analysis, the focus of this section.
A site plan is a top view, bird’s eye view of a property
that is drawn to scale. A site plan can show:
· property lines
· outline of existing and proposed buildings and
structures
· distance between buildings and property lines
(setbacks)
· parking lots, indicating parking spaces
· driveways
· surrounding streets
· landscaped areas
· easements
· ground sign location
· utilities
SITE PLANNING
Site planning in landscape architecture and architecture
refers to the organizational stage of the landscape design
process. It involves the organization of land use zoning,
access, circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land
drainage, and other factors.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING .
Transportation planning is the field involved with the
siting of transportation facilities
(generally streets, highways, sidewalks, bike lanes
and public transport lines). Transportation planning
historically has followed the rational planning model of
defining goals and objectives, identifying problems,
generating alternatives, evaluating alternatives, and
developing the plan.
URBAN PLANNING
Urban, city, and town planning explores a very wide range
of aspects of the built and social environments of places.
Regional planning deals with a still larger environment, at
a less detailed level.
1.Property Lines
Including the property lines on your development site
plan is one of the most important elements. In a way, it
sets the stage for your design.
2. Distance Between Buildings and Property Lines
Understanding your site goes beyond staying inside your
own property lines. Surrounding infrastructure and
buildings play an important role in shaping your design.
Make sure to include all those dimensions on your plan
because issues like the following are determined by what
goes on around the site:
· Building height
· Zoning
· Building usage
· Fire hazards
Topography of an area could refer to the surface shapes 3. DIMENSION LINE – Thin and dark lines use to show
and features themselves, or a description (especially their the size (span) of an object with a numeric value. Usually
depiction in maps). Topography in a narrow sense terminates with arrowheads or tick markings.
involves the recording of relief or terrain, the three-
dimensional quality of the surface, and the identification
of specific landforms. This is also known
as geomorphometry.

Topography refers to the slope and level of the land,

whether the land is flat and plain, or in sloping.
4. EXTENSION LINE – Thin and dark line use to show
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system the starting and ending of dimension.
used in geography that enables every location on Earth
to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.

Module 2.2 Floor Planning

5. LEADER LINE – Medium line with arrowhead to
Floor plan is a scaled diagram of a room or building show notes or label for size or special information about
viewed from above. a feature.

Module 2.3 – Alphabet of Lines

Technical drawing is a form of design communication

based on line symbols recognized and understood
worldwide. Hence, technical drawing is often referred to
as a universal language understood (readable) by anyone
regardless of the language they speak.

Line symbols used in technical drawing are often referred

to as ALPHABET OF LINES. The use of line symbols 6. HIDDEN LINE – Short dash lines use to show non
enables engineers/designers to express features of visible surfaces. Usually shows as medium thickness. It is
designed products clearly and accurately. Line features also used to help clarify a feature, but can be omitted if
vary not only by width but also by how they are they clutter a drawing.
graphically represented in a drawing. Line significance is
conveyed by line weight or thickness of the line. Every
line is drawn at different thickness and darkness to
express contrast as well as importance. Lines that are less
important are thin and light. 7. CENTER LINE – Long and short dash lines. Usually
indicates centre of holes, circles and arcs. Line is thin and
1. OBJECT OR VISIBLE LINES – Thick dark line use dark.
to show outline of object, visible edges and surfaces. It
also defines features you can see in a particular view.

8. CUTTING/VIEWING PLANE LINE – Extra thick line

use to show cutaway views or plane of projection where a
2. CONSTRUCTION LINE – Very light and thin line use section view is taken. Arrow indicates direction of view.
to construct layout work.
9. SHORT AND LONG BREAK LINES –Short and
long medium line use to show cutaway view of a long
section.

10. PHANTOM LINE – Long line followed by two short

dashes use to show alternate position of a moving part.

11. SECTION LINE – Medium lines drawn at 45

degrees use to show interior view of solid areas of
cutting plane line.