When creating a master plan, I believe the most important principles would be,

1) The use of open spaces

2-Private/ Public areas

3-The arrangement of the blocks

4-Placement of open spaces & plazas

When developing a master plan, a few points I would like to focus on are:

1. Circulation and ensuring all spaces are being used effectively.

2. Human scale and making the city/town/neighborhood work for the people.

3. Connecting neighborhoods with green spaces to join the two and encourage exploration and discovery.

4. Incorporating the natural environment in a way that does not disturb it.

5. Defining the city/town/neighborhood with natural elements as a way to draw people to all edges and incorporating these elements within the city as a guide to important locations.

Some of the things that I believe we should do first are

1. Look at the map or at a least a picture of how the area was before in order to kind of understand why they decided to built it like that

2. Decide where some of the point in which people don’t want to go by or be around. In order to make them more approach able and see where we can make a center point or a place of importance

3 . Pick and chose where we need to improve and what can stay or has to go

4. See how the ideas that we have can not only fit the specific place but the surrounding as well

Communities plan in order to improve the quality of public choices and decisions. Some communities do not plan until they encounter a crisis that demands an immediate public decision; then they hastily construct their plans after considering only a limited number of actions. In my opinion it is very important to take in consideration while creating a master plan is:

1. How private versus public works. Means how can they collaborate and not be isolated from each other.

2. Access to transportation.

3.  Take in consideration pedestrian needs. Means create access not only to the vehicles but also to people.

4. % of public green space is important.

5.  Size of the blocks and how they arranged in order to guide the circulation through the site.

6. Create a center of the plan that helps to concentrate important buildings, activities, etc.

etc.

the 3 important principles that will influence the master plan would be

the use of public open spaces

the circulation between the new and existing paths

a balance ratio of building density in relation to light and air exposure

I think the following principles will help to guide a master plan:

1. Thinking about the way roadways and sidewalks are placed in the plan.
2. How close is transportation?
3. Take into consideration residential areas (Private)  vs. commercial areas (Public)
4. Where are the parks and plazas
5. How big are the blocks and how are they arranged in the plan?

I believe that some of the main principals to focus on when designing a master plan are:

1. Solar patterns
2. Average temperatures
3. Water supply
4. Cohesive environment
5. Balance between public / private / used / un-used spaces

A few important points that could guide a master plan design are:

-Exploring the way of life in order to make conscious design decisions

-What are the near by building uses and how could that impact a future design

-How much open space is needed or public space

-How wide should the streets be

-Look at existing building grid system and how could it be improved

-What is the or what could be potential a central site for this plan.

-Look at the regional scale and analyze how the location of the site could impact future design, look at its, wind, water access, water drain for future flooding, sun.

-Lastly. understanding the macro-scale in order to understand the micro-scale

I think we need to focus on:

1-Housing/Buildings

2.-Green Spaces/Parks

3.-Transportation

4.-Commercial

5.-Open Spaces