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    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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    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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    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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    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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