TISHK INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYFACULTY OF ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

Housing

Instructor: Muhammad Rojnamachy1

TOPIC: Lecture 3

(Site Planning & Neighborhood Elements )

4th Grade- Fall Semester 2020

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1- Site Planning.

1-1 Factors Needed In Site Planning

1-2 Physical Site Characteristics

1-3 Buildable Qualities

1-4 Site Shape

1-5 Site Slopes & Grades

1-6 Composite Map of a Site

2-Planning Standards for Housing

2-1 Planning Indicators

2-2 Purpose of Planning Standards

2-3 Planning Determinants

Lecture Content

1- Site Planning:

1-1 Factors Needed In Site Planning :

- Site planning is abroad term that embraces selection of sites; location of buildings in functional relation to each other, to the shape and topography of the site, and to the environment.

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1-Climate

3-Economic Conditions

2-Local housing custom (Social factor)

4-Law

5-Location of the Site

6-Transportation

7-Utilities

8-Compositions of Families

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1-2 Physical Site Characteristics

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1-Natural Characteristics

Soil conditions, Availability of water,

Energy supplies, and adequate

municipal services for waste disposal

2-Orientation

is an important consideration for

aesthetic and practical reasons.

Proper attention to placement of

orientation can add greatly to the

efficiency and comfort of inhabitants.

3. Circulation and Parking Areas

are increasing because of the trend toward heavier reliance on the private automobile.

4. Location of Utilities

is receiving increased attention

commensurate with the rise in energy

consumption. Every housing site should be

approached and designed.

1-3 Buildable Qualities

• Three factors are major concern under this heading:

1- Soil

Acknowledge of soil condition is necessary for all processes.

3- Slopes

are conducive to imaginative site planning. Gentle slopes are

preferable in aiding in drainage systems for residential building.

2-Vegetations

If an undeveloped site contains healthy

and attractive vegetation, it should be

preserved. Otherwise, it should be

provided.

1-4 Site Shape

• To assess a site’s usability, three factors must be evaluated because of site shape.

- Size

- Accessibility

- Visibility

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1-5 Site Slopes & Grades

The following figure gives desirable limits

for slopes on different types of areas

1-6 Composite Map of a Site

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• The most important use of the composite map is the identification of the specific types of problems that exist on various parts of the site.

- Knowing these problems early in the planning stage allows the developers to characterizes the site to best advantages and to avoid the necessity to make expensive changes later in the planning or construction processes.

2-Planning Standards for Housing

2-1 Planning Indicators

The common directions of urban planning up to a recent time adopted neighborhood concept (which founded in 1929 as The Neighborhood Unit Theory by Clarence Perry ) with a service center as its heart (usually the center contains a primary school). Neighborhood is called residential zone and based on three elements number of

• Family Members

• Number of Population

• Number of Dwellings

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2-2 Purpose of Planning Standards

• Is to arrange the determinants concerning the following:

1-Communities :( Neighborhood, Sector, District, and City) depending on:

• -Average of size of family

• -Average of communities

• -No. of dwellings

2-Community Facilities (according to the grading of communities)

3-Open Spaces: Green area, Parking, Play fields (according to the grading of communities)

• 4-Type of Dwellings: horizontal, vertical (no. of stories, accommodation density, depending on regulations based on master plan or sector designs.)

• 5-The Details of area and community facilities, open spaces….

2-3 Planning Determinates

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• In Iraq ,Studies carried out by Polish Firm (Polservice) in the seventies to prepare central Housing plan in Iraq for the period 1980-2000 are the most important and comprehensive studies in this field .

• It is noted that adopted certain elements and a to indicators and determinants of values different from those reached in the general census in 1997 and the statistical projections that were calculated until 2008.

1 - Neighborhood:1-Household Average (6 person).

2- No of population (2400-3600

3-Number of dwellings (400-600

dwellings .)

*-Community facilities :

a-Primary school 18 classroom no

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b-Intermediate/Secondary school

9-12 classrooms no .2

c-Local Market

d-Mosque (church)

e-Health-care center

f-Administration building

g-Nursery/Kindergarten (with job

opportunities for woman)

Neighborhood

Neighborhood

Center

Cluster

Center

Cluster

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2-Sector: is formed of 4

Neighborhoods1-Household Average (6 persons).

2- No of population (9600-14400

inhabitances)

3-Number of dwellings (1600-2400

dwellings.)

-Community facilities (to be added are ):

a-Post office

b-Fire brigade station

c-Police station

d-Shops(Suq)

e-Preparatory/Vocational school

Note: some of these service go to the

district, and it depend on the district

standards

Sector

Neighborhood

Center

Neighborhood

Sector

Edge

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3-District: is formed of 4

Sectors1-Household Average (6 persons).

2- No of population (38400-57600

inhabitances)

3-Number of dwellings (6400-9600

dwellings.)

- Community facilities :

a-Shopping center

b-Filling station

c-Car service station

d-Library

e-Cultural center

District

Center

Sector

Center

Neighborhood

Center

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Housing Types

1- Modern Housing History

2- Housing Types

2-1 Manner of Assembly

2-2 Height

2-3 Level of Income

2-4 Location

3- The Content of Master Plan

4- Process of Elaboration the Master Plan

5- Design Strategy

6- Norms

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