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WEEK #    LEC #   TOPICS READINGS
1 1 Introduction:
The Art of Site Planning, Tangible Interfaces- Collaboration between People, Computers and Things.
The Art of Site Planning
Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. Site Planning. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984.

Site Planning Process
Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. Site Planning. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984.

Ecological Planning Process
Steiner, Frederick R. The Living Landscape : an Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991.

Urban Simulation and Tangible Interfaces
Ben-Joseph, Eran et. al. "Urban Simulation and the Luminous Planning Table: Bridging the Gap between the Digital and the Tangible." Journal of Planning Education and Research (2001).
2 2

Site Inventory and Evaluation:
The Site Analysis Process, Site inventory, Maps, Aerial Photos, Topography, The Luminous Table.

Land Analysis, Site Planning Process
Various

Site and Impact checklist
Lynch, Kevin, and Gary Hack. Site Planning. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984.

Topography, Slope and Land Use Planning
Marsh, William. Landscape Planning Environmental Applications. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
3 Tangible User Interfaces
(visit to Media Lab after lecture)
3 4 & 5

Earthworks:
Grading and Drainage, Soils, Infrastructure

Grading, Contours and Form
Various

Landphair, Harlow C., and Fred Klatt. Landscape Architecture Construction. N.J.: Prentice Hall PTR, 1999.

Interpolation of Slope

Grading Constraints

Computing cut and Fill
4 6 & 7

Earthworks, and Utilities :
Grading, Utilities, Assignment #2

Storm Water - Drainage Systems

Elements of Land Use
Gallion, Arthur B. The Urban Pattern: city Planning and Design. New York: Van Nostrand, 1980.

Subdivision Practices
Gallion, Arthur B. The Urban Pattern: city Planning and Design. New York: Van Nostrand, 1980.
5 8 & 9 Circulation:
Vehicular, Pedestrian, Streets, Parking
Access
Lynch, Kevin and Gary Hack. Site Planning. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1984.

Vehicular Dimensions
6 10 & 11

Circulation (cont.)

Neighborhood Organizations
De Chiara, Joseph, Julius Panero, and Martin Zelnik. Time-Saver Standards For Housing And Residential Development . 2nd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1995.

7 12 & 13
Subdivisions and Land Planning:
Neighborhoods organization and type, Streets and lots, building arrangements
Ecology Principles in Land Planning
Dramstad, Wench, James Olson, and Richard T. Forman. Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land Use Planning. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996.
8 14 & 15 Sites around Wetlands and Water Features (tangible media): Wetland mitigation, storm water, gray water Microclimate - sun angle
Marsh, William. Landscape Planning Environmental Applications. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

Vegetation
Marsh, William. Landscape Planning Environmental Applications. NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
9 16 & 17

Community Facilities:
Educational and social facilities, Recreation and open space

10 18 & 19

Final Project

11 20 & 21 Final Project
12 22 & 23 Final Project
13 24 & 25 Final Project
14 26 & 27 Final project, Wrap-up, debriefing