Questions Regarding Site Map
Hello Prof. King,
Can you let me know if the basic base map I uploaded needs any improvemements?
Current Assignments & Posting
I have created each of the following categories for you to post your assignments. All assignments are to be formatted for 11 x 17 horizontal presentation. Keep them compiled for yourself in a single PDF in chronological order. If you redo your family board your PDF is to include both copies.
- 1.01 My Family: (your family boards)
- 1.02 My Client Q & A (compile the q & a onto a board)
- 1.03 My Program (list of your program spaces – on a board)
- 1.04 My Matrix (matrix of program space relationships)
- 1.05 My Bubble Diagram (diagram of your program spaces)
All of these assignments must be posted by Tuesday (1/4) evening at 11 pm.
Inventory & Analysis Categories
Please Join Three (3) Groups:
Below is the list of categories based on our recent site visit. If you have a suggestion about additional categories please make them. I will ask each of you to join at least three (3) of the groups. If you join a group it means you will be responsible for helping to complete the inventory and analysis boards for the category.
Additionally everyone should contribute to every category – adding and making comments as the class completes the inventory and analysis. There will be two drawings for each category – one that is the inventory board and a second that is the analysis.
Process: Often it is helpful to compile the inventory analysis as a table in excel with a listing of inventory items in rows and a column to check off if it is an asset/liability/neutral and a column for possible design responses. Then this information will need to be transferred graphically to a site plan drawing. It is possible that some of the categories will be combined onto the same sheet. For example it is possible to combine Topography with Views as views are often dependent upon Topography.
Format: Remember we will be working on a 22 x 34 format that can be printed half size as 11 x 17. We will review the layouts provided by our volunteer during our next class meeting.
Remember the distinction:
Inventory : A list of your observations without making a judgement as to the value.
Analysis: Based on the project goals & program (residential prototype and small tower) review each item on the inventory and decide if it is a Asset or a Liability or if it is Neutral. Remember that some items (ie: the BQE) could be both an Asset (circulation) and a Liability (noise/air pollution).
- Circulation
- Climate
- History
- Land Use
- Noise & Air Pollution
- Open Space
- Photographs
- Site Aspect
- Site Furnishings & Materials
- Topography
- Vegetation
- View To/From
- Zoning Analysis
Design Response: When you begin to design you should be able to show how some of your intentions are a direct response to the inventory/analysis process. For example part of your design may take advantage of an “Asset” (good views) and another port may look to minimize the impact of a “Liability” (noise)
Join Circulation
Categories include but are not limited to:
- Public/Private
- Subway/Bus
- Pedestrian
- Vehicular (Passenger and Commercial)
- Bicycle
- Access Routes and Decision Nodes
- Parking (Cars/Bikes, etc.)
- Travel Distances / Time
Team Members: Jennifer, Matthew
Join Climate
- Sun Exposure / Shadow Studies
- Winds
- Seasonal Variation
- Daily Variation
- Micro-climate
Team Members: Jennifer
Join History
- History of the Site and the Waterfront
- Historic Buildings or Uses
- Historic Materials
Team Members: Stephanie
Join Land Use
- Commercial
- Residential
- Industrial
- Where are stores or other community facilities located
Team Members: Matthew
Join Sound & Air Pollution
- Sound Pollution
- Air Pollution
- Other
Team Members: Matthew, Jennifer
Join OpenSpace
- Public Parks
- Private Parks
- Plazas
- Street OpenSpaces
- Figure/Ground
- Ground/Figure
Team Members: Jay (Jaeyoung)
Join Photographs
- Photographs taken by students should be organized into categories and formatted onto sheets for reference.
Team Members: Jay (Jaeyoung)
Join Site Aspect
Site Aspect is a map that is created on top of the topography. It shows the Direction (Aspect) that a slope faces. It is color coded to show if site has North/South/East/West exposures.
Join Site Furnishings & Materials
Shows the use of site materials and site furniture:
- Identify by type
- identify location
Join Topography
Shows topography of site and surroundings. A good source of this information is the USGS (US Geological Survey) website. You can download the quadrangle map for downtown Brooklyn. The PDF contains topographic information.
Join Vegetation
Identifies location and type of vegetation:
- Organize by Type
- Organize by Location
Join Views To & From
For the site identify views both to and from site. Consider both good (asset) and bad (liability) views.
- View to the site
- Views from the site
Team Members: Jay (Jaeyoung)
Join Zoning Analysis
Complete a zoning analysis of the site includes but isnot limited to:
- Block & Lot,
- Zoning Map
- FAR/OSR
- Setback/ Sky Exposure / Streetwall
- Ccomplete zoning diagrams including a 3D Massing, sections, etc. showing the sites potential.
Field Trip is Scheduled for Today – Friday 1/31
Meet Here at 2:30 and please do not arrive late.
Come prepared for the field trip. Bring your sketch book and camera/smart phone. Create some base drawings to work on top of so you can mark them up. You will need to create a detailed inventory and analysis that includes but is not limited to the following:
- Land Use / Zoning
- Parks and Open Space
- Climate (shade/shadow/wind, etc.)
- Microclimate
- Circulation
Sebastian Centurion Family (Questions)
1. Does Rob and Martha usually train indoors or outdoors? Would they rather work out if they had a gym in their home, or outside to a public gym?
2. Which room does the family stay in the longest?
3. Do they own any cars or do they take the trains instead, concerning transportation?
4. Do they plan on having any more kids? If so how many, when, and boy or girls?
5. Is their any special needs for this family? Any necessary rooms needed?
6. What are their favorite : material, color, style, music, car, genre…
7. What are their interest other than yoga and cyclist? What do they want their kids to be?
8. If they can get a free vacation to any place in the world, where would it be and why?
9. If they can meet any famous alive or dead person who would it be and why?
10. Are they into technology? New Cellphones/cars/iPads What is there style? modern?
