Four ways to put planning into practice
Each individual assignment is worth 3% of your course grade, for 12% in total. Work together to learn the method, then make and explain your own analysis.
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Serial Vision
Document how a place is experienced in sequence, then explain what that sequence reveals about urban form and public life.
Due September 30 at the start of class · 3%
What you will produce
- Define the route, start, finish, and direction of travel.
- Show four to six ordered observation points and views.
- Add at least two relevant annotations to each view.
- Write a concise interpretation connecting sequence to planning or design.
- End with one planning or design question.
Conservation Analysis
Map relationships among community assets, challenges, and proposals, then explain which planning tools best fit the issues shown.
Due October 14 at the start of class · 3%
What you will produce
- Use the map to explain the question, relevant community assets and challenges, and findings about their relationship to proposals.
- Use the supplied slope classes as provided: 15 to below 20, 20 to below 25, and 25 percent or above.
- Include basic source, date, and limitation notes on the map.
- Compare alternatives, recommend a fitting community planning instrument, and explain its code implications.
Value Per Acre Analysis
Compare assessed property value per acre and visualize the pattern by extruding parcels in three dimensions.
Due November 4 at the start of class · 3%
What you will produce
- Use the provided parcel, zoning, tax-value, and 3D resources.
- Document valuation year, value field, acreage field, joins, missing values, and exclusions.
- Calculate value per acre only where acreage is valid.
- Include public and tax-exempt parcels unless you explicitly document another treatment.
- Show the value-per-acre distribution curve and select exactly three properties yourself for comparison.
- Label extrusion height as a value symbol, not physical building height.
- Explain what the pattern suggests for future investment and what it cannot establish.
Individual Assignment 4
Choose one approved method that adds useful evidence to your community project.
Due November 18 at the start of class · 3%
What you will produce
- Select one option with a clear connection to the partner scope.
- Use a consistent comparison framework.
- Keep sources, observations, inference, and unknowns distinct.
- Make one proportionate recommendation and identify the next verification or action.
Prefer to work by hand?
Use the Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and printable PDF templates, then bring your analysis back into the team project.