SITE SECTIONS
Section drawings often extend outward to include the context of a
building's site and environment. They are capable of describing the
relationship of aproposed structure to the surrounding ground plane
and disclosing whether a proposed structurerises from, sits on, floats
above, or becomes embedded within t he ground mass of the site. in
addition, section drawings caneffectively illustrate the relationship
between the interior spaces of a building andadjoiningexterior spaces,
as well as the relationships among a number of buildings.
Building section
Building elevation beyond
the planeof the sectioncut
Building section
Site section
• Whenever possible, but especially in urban settings, building
sections should include adjacent structures. either cut through
simultaneously in thesection or seen in elevation beyond the
plane of the cut.
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