FITTING FOREST STRUCTURES INTO THE LANDSCAPE 
A structure’s ideal function and form in a forest setting should be 
derived from a realization of the best possibilities of the site and 
brought into being by the creative talents of a trained designer 
(usually a professional architect or landscape architect). On sites 
where groups of forest structures are involved, such as resorts, winter 
sports lodges, and summer homes, it is often best to centralize or 
cluster the buildings. This method of planning makes central 
utility and sanitary systems, roads, and parking feasible, and provides 
privacy through architectural devices rather than through distance. 
Proper use of screen fences and walls, hedges, and decks allows the 
necessary living area to be compressed and pulled back from the 
major natural attraction. The surrounding landscape may then be 
left wild and devoted to common enjoyment. In this way the land 
needed for human occupancy can be developed without destroying 
those natural features of the site which made it so attractive in the 
beginning. 
A resort with 18 cabins on individual lots—Most of the land is no longer open 
or natural; there is no public access to shore; residents have access only to 
their own strip of beach. 
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A resort with 18 cabins “‘clustered’’.—A public trail follows the shore; there 
is public boating and private boating; and most of the land and shore remains 
natural and open to all. 
