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SITE PLAN DRAWINGS There aretwo principal ways to relate a building to its site and context. • The first is to draw the building as adarker figure against a lighter background. This approachis especially appropriate when the way in which the roofing material of the building is indicated w ill establish atonal value and texture against which the surrounding context must contrast. • T second approach defines the buildingas a he lighter shape against adarker background. This technique is necessary when rendering shadows cast by the form of the building, or when landscaping elements impart atonal valueto the surrounding context. MULTIVIEW DRAWINGS I 53