UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
EL 245 BUILT LANDSCAPE
2007 – 2008
REASSESSMENT BRIEF
FOR THE THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE A MARK WHICH ALLOWS REASSESSMENT AND WHOSE
FEEDBACK INDICATES THIS PIECE OF ASSESSMENT IS TO BE READDRESSED.
YOUR FEEDBACK SHEET FOR THE WORK, AVAILABLE FROM THE SUBMISSIONS OFFICE, GIVES
A FULL BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE WORK FAILED TO MEET ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND
LEARNING OUTCOMES. IT ALSO INDICATES EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS
THESE FAILINGS.
DETAILED ASSESSMENT BRIEF ASSESSMENT 3 (INDIVIDUAL WORK)
‘Individual Design Concepts’
In two parts:
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A
Site Survey & Appraisal
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B
Conceptual Layouts (3 layouts required)
Module code
Module title
Module tutor
Assessment 3 (INDIVIDUAL WORK)
(in 2 parts, submitted together)
Weighting
Size and/or time limits for assessment
Deadline AND Arrangements for
submission (your attention is drawn to the
module guide for information on MCs and
to the UMS Handbook for penalties for late
submission)
Students with Disabilities
Assessment Regulations
All assessments are subject to the
University Regulations for Assessment,
and to the regulations of the
Undergraduate Modular Scheme. These
include regulations relating to Errors of
Attribution and Assessment Offences. In
exercising their judgement, Examiners may
penalise any work where the standard of
English, numeracy or presentation
adversely affects the quality of the work, or
where the work submitted exceeds the
published size or time limits, or where the
work fails to follow normal academic
conventions for acknowledging sources
EL 245
BUILT LANDSCAPES
David Booth
Site Survey & Appraisal;
Individual Design Concepts.
60% of overall marks for the module
A bound A3 Report for Site Survey & Appraisal - maximum 10 A3
sheets
3 x A1 sheets at 1 to 500 scale, 1 sheet for each Concept
Submission BY 7TH JULY
The assignment should be submitted at the campus Assignment Office
(CL021) or Learning Centre Drop Box (A4 work only). Details of
submission times are posted in these areas and on the Faculty website
Alternative assessment arrangements may be made, where
appropriate, for students with disabilities.
All requests for alternative assessment arrangements must be made
directly to a Disability Adviser.
Your attention is drawn to the University Regulations for
Assessment Section 7
Careful referencing of sources is vital when making use of the work of
others. You are expected to employ the referencing conventions
recommended in the Course. These conventions apply to information
taken from internet sources, as well as books, journals and lectures.
These are some of the points you should check before submitting your
work:
 are all direct quotations, from both primary and secondary sources,
suitably acknowledged (placed in quotation marks or indented)?
 have you provided full details of the source of the quotation,
according to the referencing convention used in the Course?
 have you acknowledged the source of ideas not your own, even if
you are not quoting directly from the source?
 have you avoided close paraphrase from sources? (Check that you
are not presenting other people’s words or phrasing as if they are
your own.)
 if you have worked closely with others in preparing for this
assessment, is the material you are presenting sufficiently your
own?
If you are unsure of the way to reference properly, seek advice
from a member of staff before you submit the assessment. In
submitting your work for assessment you are making a statement that it
is your own work, it has not been submitted for any other assessment,
and it does not infringe the ethical principles set out in the University’s
Handbook for Research Ethics
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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
EL 245 BUILT LANDSCAPE
2007 – 2008
1. BACKGROUND
The site is part of the Civic Pride Strategy and the Urban Design Framework for Cheltenham
Borough Council. The brief is real and current, the Borough have instructed consultants to
propose layouts for the site to accommodate several proposed activities and buildings.
2. METHOD
As individuals students you will identify the site context, undertake a survey and then analyse
your findings to identify the constraints and potential of the site. You will prepare (and present)
three concepts in plan, section and 3-dimensional images of your proposals. The production of
these concepts will be initiated in studio based workshop sessions and you are expected to
attend each session, the target will be for each individual to produce and develop one concept
in each of three of these sessions with work brought to presentation standard in your own time.
3. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
STAGE A
SITE SURVEY & APPRAISAL
This part of the module requires you to identify the site constraints and potential. The survey
and appraisal will require a wider understanding of the local urban context; the massing of the
various land uses – commercial, residential, leisure and other uses; issues of vehicular and
pedestrian circulation will need to be considered in the context of the greater Cheltenham town
centre and the predominant architectural styles of the immediate locality will also need to be
noted. The visual appraisal should consider the value of views into and out of the site. Issues of
micro-climate will also need to be addressed. The appraisal will also need to concentrate on the
3-dimensional qualities of site topography, surrounding buildings, streets etc, and the human
activities currently undertaken in the buildings and spaces immediately surrounding the site.
Whilst the site may appear flat it isn’t and there are both constraints and potentials in the use of
levels.
Your work will need to include reference to dimensions, changes in level, the height and
massing of buildings and vegetation and other characteristics as you may determine valuable to
inform your approach. You are expected to evaluate and order the findings of your site appraisal
in the context of the theories explored in your Background Studies (Responsive Environments),
an understanding and use of this terminology, theory and practice will need to be demonstrated.
Your site survey and appraisal will inform your design approach.
You should include the following elements:
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Site Plan at an appropriate scale
Site Sections at an appropriate scale
Elevations of Surrounding facades at an appropriate scale
Town Centre Plan mapping the use of surrounding buildings and land at at an appropriate
scale
Photographic record of views into the site and from the site
A brief history of the site
Opportunities of the site & it’s context identified
Constraints of the site & it’s context identified
You should present this in a bound A3 document with a maximum of 10 single sided A3
sheets. The emphasis should be on simplicity and clarity not volume.
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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
EL 245 BUILT LANDSCAPE
2007 – 2008
STAGE B
CONCEPTUAL LAYOUTS: (3 LAYOUTS REQUIRED)
General:
The site provides a transition between predominantly commercial and predominantly residential
areas. You will need to decide how best to deal with this transition.
Whilst these are not fully developed masterplans, they will need to demonstrate that all the
fundamental components and functions of the proposed space have been considered, including
the general massing and juxtaposition of built form, the general relationship of the site with the
surrounding streetscape, major site uses, spatial hierarchy and character, pedestrian and
vehicular movement strategies, general changes in level, building entrances and exits,
servicing, orientation in respect of needs for light, views etc, in short a site that is a
‘Responsive Environment’.
You need to accommodate the footprints of the following buildings and functions:
 New Municipal Offices for the Local Authority: A building with a floor area of 2500 square
metres, maximum 4 storeys.
 New Library, joint functions for the University of Gloucestershire and the County Council
Library Service: A building with a floor area of 6000 square metres, maximum 4 storeys.
You will need to provide for the layout of:
 The given buildings and associated servicing requirements, including any underground
or raised deck parking access
 Public street frontages for the buildings
 Public Real areas - open space(s) associated with the buildings and users.
 You are allowed to include other additional buildings but must describe their form and
function.
You must retain the existing St. Margarets’ Terrace and Dowty House. Both have existing
vehicular access and parking spaces and you are at liberty to rearrange these (but must retain
them in some configuration on site).
You do not need to consider the relocation of the existing mass parking on the site as part of
your brief, we will assume that the car park functions are to be relocated as a result of ‘green’
transport policies which have created enhanced ‘Park and Ride’ facilities throughout the town.
But you will need to consider some parking for existing uses as described above and servicing
and emergency access for all buildings.
Detail:
In particular your concepts will need to address the following:
THE GENERAL MASSING AND ORIENTATION OF BUILT FORM AND OPEN SPACE,
 relationship of the site with the adjacent streetscape and urban context,
 relationship of the buildings with the adjacent streetscape and urban context,
 consideration of building style, use, size and proportion and configuration,
 effective site access.
HOW THE MAIN USES OF THE SITE ARE ACCOMMODATED,
 spatial relationships within the site,
 the qualities of the main external spaces,
 how these spaces are contained and framed.
 circulation - movement between spaces,
 control of vehicular and pedestrian movement.
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UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
EL 245 BUILT LANDSCAPE
2007 – 2008
THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF MATERIALS,
 changes in level,
 range of materials,
 street furniture,
 planting and other enclosing elements.
You are not required to produce technical drawings of construction details or actual planting
schedules.
The level of detail required is that which will indicate the selection of groups of material type,
colour, form and texture; how these will be combined and the qualities of the material choices,
why they were selected and what they contribute to the space and to the design as a whole.
The important thing is that you as the designer can put across your intentions clearly, and that
you have assessed the positive and any negative issues arising from your selection of
materials.
You will prepare plans and 3-dimensional illustrations – sections, sketches, axonometrics etc, to
illustrate all 3 options. Work may be hand drawn or digitally generated and may include simple
working physical models if you wish.
Each concept should be a 1 to 500 scale plan with accompanying sketches/sections and
should fit on an A1 sheet for each of the three layouts (a maximum of 3 x A1 sheets in total).
4. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Work will be assessed in relation to:
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Your response to the site survey & appraisal data and the local context
The quality of site planning, circulation systems and overall organisation of the site
Evidence of the use of systematic design approaches in developing design alternatives
The evidence of design progression through the work stages.
The visual quality of the open spaces.
The appropriate use of precedent derived from earlier work in the module
The use and reference to the approaches and terminology identified in background studies
The quality and consistency of the presentation, the use of appropriate drawings, graphics,
illustrations, models and text in presentation and the use of appropriate scales and formats
Markers will use the Departments’ Environmental Module (EL) Grade Descriptors to assess the
extent to which your submission meets these criteria. The Descriptors can be found in the
Course Guide.
5. PRESENTATION/SUBMISSION
Submission to campus submissions office using the standard submission sheet
There will be no presentation of the reassessment work.
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