Pre-design process

Question 1

What does an LA do during the pre-design phase of a project - 9 thinbgs

Answer 1

exectue a CONTRACT for design services (with detailed scope of work

conduct CLIENT AND USER INTERVIEWS (to ID key opps and constraints)

Prepare DETAILED SITE BASE PLAN (based on site survey)

obtain and eval A DETAILED SOILS AND GEOTECHNICAL report

develop INITIAL PROJECT PROGRAM

complete A CODE REVIEW (rules, laws, regulations. etc for proposed uses)

determine the PROCESS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL of the proposed proj

coordinate with client to DETERMINE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION BUDGET

establish a PROJECT WORK PLAN

Question 2

What is site planning (as opposed to site design) in context of LARE? Site planning should ALWAYS balance what?:

Answer 2

site planning is seens as a component of smart growth and sustainable design

ALWAYS triple bottom line

Question 3

According to text Site Analysis - what two things does sustainable site planning always “do”

Answer 3

it remains context senstivie

it minimized negate development impacts

Question 4

What 5 principles guide sustainable site planning

Answer 4

1 PROTECT natural envorn
2. RESTORE degraded environ
3 DISCOURAGE dev of greenfeilds
4 ENCOURAGE desnity mixed uses and walkable communities
5 PROMOTE efficient resources use and resource conservation

Question 5

What are the three “steps” of the pre-design phase? are they linear?

Answer 5

Site Program, Site Selection. Site Invetory

not linear, they intersect
inventory cannot be done on a site that isn’t selected
Site program will also inform site selection based on desired uses

Question 6

What are 7 steps necessary to guiding site selection process

Answer 6

1. clarify PROJECT GOALS and requirements

2 DETERMINE selection CRITERIA

3. ID potential sites
4. EVAL SUITABILITY of potential sites
5. Rank and prioritize sites

6 select the most suitable sites

7. conduct feasability assessment for selected sites

Question 7

What is a site program?

A program document serves what two purposes?

Answer 7

goals objectives and elemnts
other special requirements the design needs to fulfill

1. acts as summary of stie invetnory and analysis

2 fucntions as a checklist to compare the design proposal against

Question 8

What is a site program vs a “basis of design”

Answer 8

Basis of design is a set of docs used to formally establish a project’s design intent and is used to eval conformance with the desired design