Site Analysis Documentation Requirements

Last Updated on 2019.08.26 by slee

Prepare information on the surrounding neighborhood (1/2 mile radius), including the following:

public and private transit networks
pedestrian circulation
public spaces
building context: building heights, development density, basic services, land use
ecological context: wetlands, flood plains, natural and man-made bodies of water, ground cover/vegetation, rare or endangered species habitat

Prepare information in the immediate site vicinity (200' radius), including the following:

public and private transit networks
pedestrian circulation including sidewalks and crosswalks
public spaces
building context: building heights, basic services including, but not limited to: 1) Bank; 2) Place of Worship; 3) Convenience Grocery; 4) Day Care; 5) Cleaners; 6) Fire Station; 7) Beauty Salon; 8) Hardware; 9) Laundry; 10) Library; 11) Medical/Dental; 12) Senior Care Facility; 13) Park; 14) Pharmacy; 15) Post Office; 16) Restaurant; 17) Another School or University; 18) Supermarket; 19) Theater; 20) Community Center; 21) Fitness Center; 22) Museum. 23) Commercial Office. A good source is Pitt's Pennsylvania's Cultural Resources Geographic Information System
utilities: adjacent storm and sanitary drainage lines; gas, water, and electricity supply lines

Perform a photographic survey of project site and adjoining neighborhood context, including site panoramas and important views to and from the site.
Conduct research on the history of the project site and the neighborhood in which the site is located including historic maps. A good source is University of Pittsburgh's Historic Pittsburgh Collection.
Prepare site sections (E-W and N-S) and streetscape drawings.
Retrieve site model from the Gruber ASO and make any necessary repairs.

Plot the drawings in the Google Drive folder referred to as "1921 Plans for Rebuilding Johnston School Binder.pdf" at 1/8"=1'-0" scale (1:96). Since these are scans, please check a written dimension with a scale to verify that you have printed at 1/8 scale.
We will be taking these drawings to the site multiple times to verify conditions - they need to be accurate!!
Create AutoCAD files - plans, sections, elevations & wall sections - based on existing scanned drawings and site investigations.

You may rely on the Gruber ASO document(s) with proper citations
Format the analysis (NIC the drawings) as an 11 x 17 double-sided booklet in landscape orientation with left-edge binding as a PDF file.
The SoA will print the PDF's in color for us. Students need to insert and bind the printed pages in vinyl sleeves and three ring binders provided by the SoA.
All plan drawings (site plans, key plans, floor plans) must be oriented with north up and a graphic north arrow.
Numeric scales must be be noted as 1:96 or 1/8"=1'-0", etc.
Graphic scales must be included.