AD 12500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, Unit
15 Nov 2016
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Planned unit development: originally a housing development concept. Specialized planning: retirement or vacation communities designed for specific groups or a particular clientele, this planned development for a self-sufficient adult community, by architect. Dennis holloway, provides residences, a gymnasium, and a solarium. New towns: planned before construction often for undeveloped land. Form determinants for buildings: geology, location, hydrology, topography, climate, vegetation, and cultural use of the site will have a major influence on the design of a building, open spaces, and the interiors. Site planning: process of harmoniously relating buildings and other structures to the environment and to one another. Urban planning: new swimming pool, courtyard, and garage are added in this site plan of an addition to a neighborhood residence. Site analysis: site and its relationship to proposed or remodeled building, a site analysis checklist is made to analyze all the aspects that can have positive or negative influence on the site design.
