Course Overview
Provides the students with the opportunity to develop skills associated with subdivision lot layout design. This course is project based. Students assess external and on-site development factors including: road right of ways, access opportunities and topography related to road grades and gravity utility placement. These factors, together with lot standards, lot configurations, building envelope requirements, emergency access, pedestrian systems and lot grading requirements are combined in the development of a preliminary proposal for the subdivision of a proposed site.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
Module 1 - Conceptual Planning/Subdivision Layout Design
- Differentiate between conceptual design proposals and site specific lot layout designs.
- List the major factors and interrelationships between layout design and engineering considerations.
- Identify the required base plan, layout plan and lot design standards and information requirement to prepare a lot layout design.
Module 2 - Traffic Circulation, Roads and Access Opportunities
- Assess a development site for access restrictions, right-of-way requirements, access opportunities, intersection requirements and pedestrian circulation.
- Identify and incorporate park, natural feature and road allowance preservations both external and internal to a development site.
Module 3 - Engineering Consideration Review
- Assess development site slope and grades to identify road design opportunities and restrictions.
- Assess external utility service availability and identify design opportunities or requirements, primarily for gravity flow services.
Module 4 - Residential Layout Design Templates
- Sketch typical subdivision lots based on the lot, site, and dwelling standards.
- Sketch typical subdivision lots for a cul-de-sac based on the lot, site and dwelling standards.
- Prepare design templates, to scale, for straight road, cul-de-sac, corner bulb and curved road development patterns based on lot and building envelope requirements.
Module 5 - Layout Design Trials and Adjustments
- Design a preliminary lot layout proposal based on a grid pattern of development.
- Design a preliminary lot layout proposal based on a modified grid and including cul-de-sacs.
- Design a preliminary lot layout proposal based on innovative and imaginative use of curved road patterns development site features.
- Evaluate preliminary development proposal by comparison of yield, lot types and efficiency of land use based on land dedication requirements for roads and accesses.
- Prepare a detailed lot layout design incorporating building envelopes, in a manner suitable for submission to an approving authority or a Land Surveyor for detailed calculation and legal plan preparation.
Module 6 - Lot Grading Design
- Assess a preliminary lot layout development proposal and identify areas were surface drainage must be controlled.
- Design a lot grading plan including establishing minimum basement floor elevations, site grading spot elevations and required drainage facilitates and rim elevations.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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