Site Analysis Documentation Requirements | 23:59, Thursday, 23 January 2020

Last Updated on 2020.01.10 by slee

The following requirements have been developed by the ACS faculty team. Instructors may assign additional items or larger scale work.

We will provide a shared laptop for TV or projection. To avoid thumb drives and laptop switching, please submit your documentation as a PDF Booklet to: 48305_48640_Visuals_for_2020_Reviews

Minimum Submission Requirements:

• 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 on 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***, land use
• utilities: adjacent storm and sanitary drainage lines; gas, water, and electricity supply lines

Note: basic services include, but are 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

• Prepare a full climate report of your project site including, but not limited to, the visualizations you learned in the Climate Consultant workshop.
• Perform a photographic survey of your project site and adjoining neighborhood context, including site panoramas and important views to and from the site.
• Conduct research on the history of your project site and the neighborhood in which the site is located including historic maps. A good source is Pitt's Historic Collection.
• Perform brief analysis of Zoning and Building Codes (compare Types B, E and A) to identify land development constraints and life safety and building service requirements.
• Prepare site sections (E-W and N-S) and streetscape drawings.
• Construct Site Model at scale of 1/16" = 1'-0"; overall size of model to be determined by Studio Instructor based on site context.

Mandates:

• Format the analysis 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 each studio. Students are responsible for binding.
• 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.