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Site Analysis Syllabus

(Spring offering only.)

Three Rivers

ARC K241-241L

Instructor: Professor Mark Comeau, (885-2387), email mcomeau@trcc.commnet.edu

Grade: Quizzes (2) 25% Vignette Projects 50% Final Project 25%

Course Objectives:

To introduce the Architectural Design Technology students to an overview inventory of the systems & elements which are encountered in the analysis of site conditions. The student will explore how each element operates and procedures to maintain or improve the quality of the site environment. Students develop a value system which fosters the concept of fitness to human purpose & specific site context through an ecological approach to design.

Method: Lectures, Slide Lectures, Simulations, Class Discussion

Text: Site Analysis, James A. LaGro Jr., (and Instructor Supplements)

(Note: The course’s weekly subjects follow the book’s layout in sequential chapter order. Please read corresponding subject-chapter material prior to each class.)

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Week 9 Spring Break

(3/20) No Classes in Session

Week 10 Landform (handouts)

(3/27) Topography & Contours

Week 11 Landform (portfolio handouts << download)

(4/03) Grading and Earthwork

Week 12 Infrastructure pp 44, 52, 152-168

(4/10) Systems & Distribution

Week 13 Infrastructure pp 181-184

(4/17) Drainage and Waste Systems

Week 14 Landscape Architecture pp 184-207

(4/24) Design: Hard & Soft Scapes

Week 15 Final Site Design Project

(5/01) Evaluation/Selection/Development

Week 16 Final Site Design Project

(5/08) Project 1 Project 2 Project 3 Sites

Week 1 Planning, Zoning, Ordinances pp 95-106

(1/24) Regulatory Processes

Week 2 Contextual Elements pp 3-16, 106-113

(1/31) Natural & Cultural

Week 3 Design Factors (handouts)

(2/07) Historic Aesthetics & Function

Week 4 Environment pp 67-86

(2/14) Climatology

Week 5 Environment (handouts)

(2/21) Hydrology

Week 6 Environment pp 87-94

(2/28) Soils

Week 7 Land Use

(3/06) Graphical Information Systems (GIS)

Week 8 Land Use (Out-of-class assignment)

(3/13) Sustainable Site Design

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Notebook

Students will assemble a notebook, to be made up of handouts distributed at the beginning of each class. A 3” “Slant-ring” notebook with plastic sheet protectors is recommended – this will be a good resource for future reference.