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Project 02 Site Analysis Assignment

This document outlines the assignment for a site analysis project in an architecture studio course. Students are asked to thoroughly research and document a site in Los Angeles by gathering information on its history, current conditions, future plans, and other elements. After visiting and documenting the site in LA, students will synthesize the information in studio. The goal is to identify and focus on key characteristics of the site that will direct their design project. Examples of site analyses are provided to illustrate different presentation methods and elements to consider, but students are encouraged to develop their own approach. A successful site analysis will form the base for conceptualizing and designing the project.

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Project 02 Site Analysis Assignment

This document outlines the assignment for a site analysis project in an architecture studio course. Students are asked to thoroughly research and document a site in Los Angeles by gathering information on its history, current conditions, future plans, and other elements. After visiting and documenting the site in LA, students will synthesize the information in studio. The goal is to identify and focus on key characteristics of the site that will direct their design project. Examples of site analyses are provided to illustrate different presentation methods and elements to consider, but students are encouraged to develop their own approach. A successful site analysis will form the base for conceptualizing and designing the project.

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MAJOR 1 ARCHITECTURE

School of Architecture
University of Utah
Major 1 Architecture
ARCH 3011
Spring Semester 2010
Mon, Wed, Fri Studio
2 to 5 pm
Faculty:
Jacob Gines
Sophie Masse
Bill Miller

Kevin Lynch, Problems of the Boston image.

Project 02 -assignement:

site analysis

Objectives

This assignment is intended to help you build a solid site analysis, which will be the base
for your concept and design. You will work on this site analysis before/ during our trip to
L.A (documenting the site) and the following week in studio (synthesizing). We will then
have a pin-up on Monday, March 8th.

A definition

[Site analysis]

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Site analysis is an inventory completed as a


preparatory step to site planning [...] which
involves research, analysis, and synthesis. It
primarily deals with basic data as it relates
to a specific site. The topic itself branches
into the boundaries of architecture,
landscape
architecture,
engineering,
economics, and urban planning.

Site analysis is an element in site planning


and design. 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.

MAJOR 1 ARCHITECTURE -Spring Semester 2010

Brief

Considering the above definition, the first


step to develop a site analysis is to gather
the most information possible about the
site. It involves searching its past history,
the future development projects (like
Grand Avenue masterplan) and of course
document the current condition of the
place (consider: history, topography, scale
& density, pedestrian flow, landmarks,
colors, light, day & night settings, smell,
noise...) Thus you are expected to research
at the library, on the internet, and
document in a detailed way your site visit
in L.A. You will then work on combining all
this information in a consistent way,
emphasizing what you consider key
elements to the site and thus defining your
apporach of this project.
The following excerpt of City sense and
city design: writings and projects of Kevin
Lynch (by Kevin Lynch, Tridib Banerjee,
Michael Southworth) is an interesting
example of how one can possibly
approach a city/ part of a city when one
wants to analyse it. It is intended to evoke
some of the elements you may want to
consider for your own site analysis -you
shouldn't limit your investigation to thoseand to allow you to begin questionning
your site.

The annex document contains a series of


pictures, showing a variety of site analysis
(mostly, architecture students works). They
are illustrating different forms your own
analysis could take. Again, these are only a
few examples, mentionning elements that

After reading this, you should prepare the


site visit by questionning/ listing what
major elements you want to look at,
onsite: defining guidelines for your site
visit. you will then complete these basics
by documenting anything else you find
interesting/
intriguing/
characteristic...onsite.
When we are back from L.A, you will have
to work on synthesizing all the elements
you gathered: it is a process of selecting,
ordering, presenting the information. This
process is a key component of your
project, orienting your future design. By
chosing the characteristics of the site you
will focus on/ reveal in the site analysis,
you are already beginning to direct your
project towards some problematic(s),
letting some others aside.

can be crucial to a site, showing ways of


presenting the information you want to
convey in a consistent manner...They
should help you initiate a reflexion, the aim
being to find your own way of analysing
the site and then defining your project.

MAJOR 1 ARCHITECTURE -Spring Semester 2010


Kevin Lynch

MAJOR 1 ARCHITECTURE -Spring Semester 2010

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