Analyzing the Residential Landscape

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• Analyzing the Residential Landscape

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Next Generation Science/Common Core Standards
Addressed!

• CCSS. Math. Content.HSN-Q.A.1 Use units as a way
  to understand problems and to guide the solution
  of multi-step problems choose and interpret
  units consistently in formulas choose and
  interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and
  data displays.
• CCSS. Math. Content. HS N-Q.A.2 Define
  appropriate quantities for the purpose of
  descriptive modeling.
• CCSS. Math.Content.HSG-CO.A.1 Know precise
  definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line,
  parallel line, and line segment, based on the
  undefined notions of point, line, distance along
  a line, and distance around a circular arc.
• CCSS .Math. Content. HS G-CO.D.12Make formal
  geometric constructions with a variety of tools
  and methods (compass and straightedge, string,
  reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic
  geometric software, etc.). Copying a segment
  copying an angle bisecting a segment bisecting
  an angle constructing perpendicular lines,
  including the perpendicular bisector of a line
  segment and constructing a line parallel to a
  given line through a point not on the line.

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Bell Work / Student Objectives

• 1. Describe how to determine the clients needs
  and desires.
• 2. Explain the purpose of a site analysis plan.
• 3. Identify the purpose of a base plan.
• 4. Describe the components of a site analysis
  plan.

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Terms

• Base Plan
• Family Inventory Sheet
• Macroclimate
• Microclimate

• Site Analysis Plan
• Soil
• Vegetation
• Views

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• Where would we begin in landscaping this new home?

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How does a designer determine what a client needs
and desires for their yard?

• 1. Family Inventory Sheet
• What are the family specifics for the home?
• Colors
• Activities
• Plant likes and dislikes
• Allergies
• Pets
• Recreation

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A. What are the family specifics for this home?
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1. The number and ages of family members
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2. Family hobbies ( i.e. baseball, gardening,
badminton)
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3. Pets
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B. What are the gardening interests of the family?
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1. Do the clients want a vegetable garden, annual
garden, bulb garden?
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2. How much time do they want to spend in the
yard doing maintenance?
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C. How does the family plan to use the space?
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1. Patio or deck
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2. Pool or open yard for lawn games
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3. How much entertaining is to be done?
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D. Are there any favorite plants that the family
wants included in the landscape? In New
Mexicowater usage and xeriscaping are important
considerations.
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E. Are there any plants the client does not want
in the landscape?
They might not want plants with thorns, plants
that drop messy fruit/leaves, or those that have
weak wood.
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F. Any thing else that may pertain to the
specific yard should be discussed at this time.
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What is the purpose of a site analysis plan?
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II. Site Analysis Plan

• The site analysis plan is a sketch of the home,
  the property lines, and a record of observations
  about the site that the designer can then later
  refer to when they begin the design process.

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Preliminary Site Analysis Plan!
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What is a base plan?
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III. Base Plan

• A. A scaled drawing of the home. This should
  include doors, windows, and any existing
  hardscapes, (i.e. sidewalks, driveways, patios).
• B. Property Lines
• C. Utility Lines and Easements

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What are the components of a site analysis plan?
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IV. A site analysis plan is a record of
observations done on a site to be landscaped.
This is done before any design work is started on
the yard.
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A site analysis plan includes the following
observations

• A. Vegetation
• B. Soil
• C. Microclimate
• D. Macroclimate
• E. Views

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Site Analysis Considerations!
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Site Analysis Considerations!
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Site Analysis Considerations!
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Site Analysis Considerations!
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Commercial Site Analysis Considerations!
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Review

• Begin designing a landscape by first discovering
  the needs of the family with a family inventory
  sheet. You will then need to complete a site
  analysis and base plan.

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Evaluation

• 1. Why is it important to do a site analysis of
  the location you wish to landscape?
• 2. List the five components of a site analysis
  plan.
• 3. What are some questions that should be asked
  on a family inventory?
• What is a base plan?

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The End!