Enviromental Site Analysis
Site Location: Atlanta< GA The Atlanta Beltline Trail & Freedom Trail Intersection Edgar Plascencia Jonathan Linsen Studio lll | Fall 2020_Caroll
Introduction _ Enviromental Analysis | Plaza Site Heavy Pedestrian, bicycling, scooter and other types of traffic are impacting factors to the site at the over pass.
Pavihlion Site | Drianage is an issue here and vegeatation situated around this area.
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Enviromental Analysis _ circulation
Pedestrian & Pet Owners
B e l t l i n e Tr a f f i c Pedestrian traffic on the beltline ruled the majority with bicycle traffic being the second most majority. 10AM
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4PM Pedestrian Cyclist Skaters Pet Owners
Scooter & Skaters
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Future light Rail Light rail train to be constructed in the near future along the beltline. Nearby citizens are pushing for construction to begin!
Beltline Light rail Render Beltline Organization
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Sound study _ Enviromental Analysis
The noise, for the most part, is generated by the pedestrian and cyclist traffic that passes through the site. The red denotes the location that local musician sets up at, which can generate spikes of noise between 85 to 90 dB. Outside of this immediate area, the orange shows levels of noise consistent with the noise generated primarily from heavy pedestrian traffic.
Site Location
89-80 dB
79-70 dB
69-60 dB
Reverberation Noise bounces off concrete. Consider acoustical proofing in design.
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Enviromental Analysis _ Drainage
At the plaza site, the land is mainly flat with a small slope towards the west side. Most water gets redirected where indicated on the map blue. At the pavilion site, dianage is an issue and nearby drain may help with that.
Highest Elevation on site
Sloping terrain towards pavilion site
Lowest point on site
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ditch towards manhole/drain Rain Puddle Locavtions
Shadow study _ Enviromental Analysis
Winter Solstice
Equinoxes
Summer Solstice
9AM Shadows At 9am commercial and residentail buildings provide shade for PavilionSite. Bridge underpass is only 50% shaded.
1PM Shadows Less Shade for Pavilion Site and bridge underpass is fully shaded.
4PM Shadows Green space towards Carter center is shaded at this time.
Enviromental Analysis _ Sun and Vegetation Summer S o lst ic e 70.4 deg.
Sun Study
Equinox 47 deg. N
Win t e r S o lst ic e 23.6 deg,
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Vegatation - along site
This shrubberry/ vegatation grow to be a clister of trees.
Exetensive vegatation contributing to the beltlines aboritum of trees. - a specific group of trees native to georgia that are beneficial to the enviroment: for animals, humans, climate
Tree Species Oak trees Beech Trees Azeala Plans
Summary
Circulation: Heavy foot, bicycle/skate, scooter traffic passing site. Sound: Noise levels are heavy under overpass. Sound bounces off concrete and creates reverberation Vegetation: Heavy vegetation around. Vegetation to be left undisturbed for future flourishment. Sun Pavilion site to receive heavy sun. Plaza site will be mostly shaded. Light Rail Future Devolpment: Take into consideration that a light rail will be built through site along beltline.
Index
Images fig 1. Ryan Mattox. (drone footage) fig2. Ryan Mattox. (drone footage) fig3. Beltline Organization. Beltline Light rail render fig 4. Ryan Mattox.(done footage)