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What is Site Analysis?

Site planning is the art of arranging the external physical environment to support human behavior. It lies along the boundaries of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and city planning, and it is practiced by members of all these professions. Site plans locate structures and activities in three-dimensional space and when appropriate, in time. Kevin Lynch, 1971

Site and Thesis Site and thesis coordination

- Project with no building - Project with one building - Project with two or more buildings landscape

Client have a site, land use objectives then find a site for such objectives, what’s programming? Inventory? Physical?

Client have a site, land use objectives then find a site for such objectives

What is GIS (Geographic Information System)?

A Geographic Information System or GIS is a computer system that allows you to map, model, query, and analyze large quantities of data within a single database according to their location. GIS gives you the power to: create maps. GIS is a tool! A geographic information system (GIS) lets us visualize, question, analyze, and interpret data to understand relationships, patterns, and trends.

Overlay Synthesis Interactivity Element Analysis Ian McHarg Overlay Synthesis Interactivity Element Analysis

Jack Dangermond

Basemap

Contents: - Property Boundary - Building - Streets - Water - Open Space

Elements: - Site Location Map - Title Information - Scale - North Arrow - Data Sources

Scale 1: 2,500 1:1,000

North Arrow N N