D ON H ONORIO V ENTURA S TATE U NIVERSITY

Villa de Bacolor, Pampanga

C ollege of E ngineering and A rchitecture
Department of Architecture
 PLN 413
PLANNING 01:
Site Planning and Landscape
Architecture
The artistic and functional arrangement of buildings,
open spaces, service areas, circulation and other
external areas; techniques in the enhancement and
design of exterior environments.

JEFFREY L. PINEDA, RLA, RMP

COURSE FACILITATOR
[email protected]

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PLN 413
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

MODULE 01:
INTRODUCTION TO
SITE PLANNING AND
LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
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SITE PLANNING
Site Planning is defined by Kevin
Lynch as “the art of arranging
structures on the land and shaping
the spaces between; an art linked to
architecture, engineering, landscape
architecture and city planning.” (Site
Planning)

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SITE PLANNING
Harvey M. Rubenstein defines it as “the art
and science of arranging the uses of portions
of land.” These uses are designated in detail
by selecting and analyzing sites, forming land
use plans, organizing vehicular and
pedestrian circulation, developing visual form
and materials concepts, readjusting the
existing landforms by design grading,
providing proper drainage, and developing
the construction details necessary to carry out
the projects”. (A Guide to Site and
Environmental Planning, 1980)
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SITE PLANNING
Site planning in landscape architecture
and architecture refers to the
organizational stage of the landscape
design process. It involves the
organization of land use zoning, access,
circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land
drainage, and other factors. This is done
by arranging the compositional elements
of landform, planting, water, buildings and
paving in site plans.

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SITE PLANNING
Site planning generally begins by
assessing a potential site for development
through site analysis. Information about
slope, soils, hydrology, vegetation, parcel
ownership, orientation, etc. are assessed
and mapped. By determining areas that
are poor for development and better for
development, the planner or architect
can assess optimal location and design a
structure that works within this space.

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SITE PLANNER
is the profession that designates the uses of
portions of land in detail by:

● Selecting and analysing sites.

● Forming land use plan.
● Organizing vehicular and pedestrian
circulations.
● Developing visual form and material concepts.
● Re-adjusting the existing landforms by design
grading.
● Providing proper drainage.
● Developing the construction details necessary to
carry out the projects.
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RELATED
PROFESSIONALS
●

● LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
● ARCHITECTS
● URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNERS
● ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS
● ENGINEERS

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In site planning, as in other forms of
problem-solving, the critical thinking process of
research, analysis and synthesis makes a major
contribution to the formation of design decisions.
● Research material may be gathered from existing
projects, books photographs, or experiments. A
program is then formulated and the elements
required to develop the project is listed.
● Analysis of the site shall consider all existing
features, both natural and man-made in order to
determine those inherent qualities that give a site
its ‘personality’. A topographical analysis is
mandatory. Emphasis should be made on the
site’s relationship with the total environment and
its special values or potentials.
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● ROADS
● WALKWAY
● TREES, GARDEN, POOL (Landscape)
● WATER
● PLAZA
● PIER
● ENVIRONMENT
● Etc.
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 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
is the profession which applies artistic and
scientific principles to the research, planning,
design and management of both natural and
built environments. Practitioners of this profession
apply creative and technical skill and scientific,
cultural and political knowledge in the planned
management of natural and constructed
elements on the land with a concern for the
stewardship and conservation of natural,
constructed and human resources. The resulting
environments shall serve useful, aesthetic, safe
and enjoyable purposes.
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MAIN PURPOSE OF
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
●
● PRESERVATION
● DEVELOPMENT
● ENHANCEMENT

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PLN 413
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

END OF
PRESENTATION
MODULE 01:
INTRODUCTION TO SITE PLANNING
AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

JEFFREY L. PINEDA, RLA, RMP

COURSE FACILITATOR
[email protected]
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 VISION
DHVSU envisions of becoming one of the lead universities in the
ASEAN Region in producing globally competitive professionals,
who are capable of creating, applying and transferring
knowledge and technology for the sustainable development of
the humanity and society.
MISSION
DHVSU commits itself to provide a conducive environment of the
students to become globally competitive professionals through
quality instructions and services; innovation and research
towards the sustainable development of the society.

To God, the Greatest Architect be the glory!