Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This course is required for an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Architectural Design and Drafting and for Building Inspection. 

Transferability of credit depends entirely upon the institu­tion to which the student wishes to transfer.  

Students must be capable of reading and communicating in the English language and may be required to pass a listening competency test administered by the department.  Students who may have a disability and wish an accommodation should make arrangements to meet with the instructor outside of class to discuss specific requests.  Any request for accommodation may require that documentation of disability be reviewed by the Office for Students with Disabilities 

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Interpret information obtained from site plan drawings and apply to design projects.
• Construct site plan drawings using raw site information and site survey data.
• Apply basic concepts of site water management and erosion control and communicate strategies and requirements to clients and consultants.

• Participation in studio work sessions, class discussions and critiques.
• Proper and timely completion of class projects, which demonstrate effective use of knowledge.
• Evaluation procedures will be presented at the first class meeting.  Student grades will be based on satisfactory com­ple­tion of assigned projects.

SITE ANALYSIS

Problem identification;

• Legal restraints that may affect a design
• Maps pertaining to a site
• Components of a complete legal description of a site
• Potential users of a site
• Potential activity areas on a site

Inspection;

• Accuracy of available topographical maps
• Physical features possible on a site
• Physical features adjacent a site

Solution Identification;

• Potential solutions for activity area requirements
• Comprehensive design schemes for a site

SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT

• Drawing a site plan from a given legal description.
• Transferring existing site elevations from a topographical map to a site plan.
• Transferring existing site elevations from a topographical map to a site plan.
• Identifying the buildable portion of the site from the given zoning information.
• Contour lines and spot elevations on a site plan.
• Uses of site models in the development of a site plan

SITE SURVEYING

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• Identifying a plan for a proposed survey
• Methods to reproduce a survey plan on an actual site       
• Method to develop a topographical map from field note

Proper terminology for site surveying