Site and Context Analysis Capturing the value of a site
Transcript of Site and Context Analysis Capturing the value of a site
Site and Context AnalysisCapturing the value of a site
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Good site and
context analysis is
a crucial step in
achieving good
design in the
planning process.
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Advantages of good analysis:
− Better value
− Better environmental sustainability
− Better connectivity
− Better accessibility
− Better security
− Better health and well-being benefits
− Better sense of place
− Better cost effectiveness
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Cost/value graph
“Understanding the site and its immediate and wider context is
the basis for a meaningful and sustainable design response,
and is the responsibility of all those involved in the design
process, particularly planning applicants and their agents and
those formulating and implementing design policy and
guidance.”
TAN 12: Design (2016)
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Why is it like that?
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Mind the gap!
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Project Brief
> floor area, number of units, performance
requirements, building types and uses...
Vision
> what it will be like, what kind of place it is
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“As well as
mapping the
analysis it is
important to
consider what has
inspired you about
the site and its
context.”
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