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WALEED ASHFAQ
Site analysis is a predesign research activity
which focuses on existing and potential
conditions on and around the building site. It
is an inventory of the site factors and forces,
and how they coexist and interact.
E LOCATION
NEIGHBOURHOOD
L SITE AND ZONING
CONTEXT
E LEGAL
NATURAL
M FEATURES MAN MADE
FEATURES
E CIRCULATION
UTILITIES
N SENSORY
HUMAN AND
T CLIMATE
CULTURE
S
• Where is the site located?
• How is the site approached?
• How far is the major junction? MACRO:
LAHORE AND
• Are there any traffic and parking issues? SURROUNDING CITIES
• Existing major streets
• Landmarks
• Documentation of distances and time from
major places (Verified by either driving or MESO:
THE SITE IS IN DHA
walking) PHASE 8 AND THE
SURROUNDING AREAS
MICRO:
THE SITE IS IN COMMERCIAL
AREA OF PHASE 8 NEAR
GLORIA JEANS
• Zoning of the neighbourhood as per the master
plan.
• Observation of architectural patterns
• Street lighting
• Condition of existing buildings
• Immediate surroundings of the site
• Reaction of the surrounding buildings towards the
site
• Analyze movement of people around the site
• Landmarks and nodes (Nodes are key public
gathering places that encourage people to linger
and socialize
• Verify site boundaries by physical
measurement
• easements
• height restrictions
• site area
• Zoning classification
• Social and political boundaries
• future plans
• Topographical features of the site thru contour map
• Site drainage
• Existing natural features of
• Trees(size, type, diameter, height, spread of roots,
falling of leaves,water requirement, soil
nourishment)
• ground cover,
• ground texture,
• soil type and soil conditions (particularly black
cotton soil, clayey soil)
• features located on site such as
• buildings
• walls
• fences
• patio
• plazas
• bus stop shelters
• site and location of these features can be
directly measured
• observe what activities happen on these circulation
areas
• study the circulation around the site. types of
circulation are
• 1- pedestrian
• 2- vehicular
• note which sides of the site are open to access
• note the intensity of flow
• note the utilities on or around the site
• sewage-manholes
• water
• electrical
• natural gas
• telephone services
• first hand sketching and photographs (sometime
aerial photos)
direst observation of
• noise
• odour
• smoke
• pollutant areas nearby
• views to and from the site
• orientation
• with respect to - sun path and wind
direction
• temperature
• Average yearly temperature, average
monthly temperature, max. and minimum
temprange thru the seasons.
• Is it a heating or a cooling climate?
• Should solar heat gain be maximized or
minimized?
• Wind
• wind direction may vary from place to
place
• Precipitation and Hydrology
• Average annual rainfall
• Peak hourly rainfall
• Spread of rainfall thru the year
• ownership
• Set-back requirements
• Height restrictions
• Allowable site coverage
• Uses permitted
• future urban developments
• the cultural, psychological, behavioral and
sociological aspects of the surrounding
neighbourhood.
• Activities and pattern
• density
• population
• ethnic patterns
• employment
• income
• values
Programme analysis consists of the following
3 steps
• relationship chart
• bubble diagram
• area calculation and their arrangement
An activity relationship chart is a tabular means of
displaying the closeness rating among all pairs of
activities or departments.
Bubble diagrams are systems of lines and
circles used in architecture to show
relationships between functional areas of a
program to develop an architectural plan
Area
calculation is
done through
architectural
programe and is
arranged on site
through zoning-
internal or
external
