Case Studvxvy Checklist

BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
CHECKLIST FOR CASE STUDY
SITE ANALYSIS:
1. Site Location
a. Place
b. Latitude
c. Longitude
d. Altitude
e. Climatic Zone
f. Weather Conditions
g. Building Bye Laws (comparison with standards)
h. FAR
i. Others: Specify
2. Approach Road/s
a. Abutting Direction: North, South, East and West
b. Width
c. Nature of Traffic
d. Condition of Road (Pakka, Katcha, Semi Pakka)
3. Surrounding Land use
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
4. Site
a.
b.
c.
d.
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f.
g.
North
South
East
West
Offsite Benefits
Offsite Nuisances
Plot area
Plot Coverage
Topography
Landscape
Existing Services
Existing Structures and Built area
Plot Dimensions:
h.
i. BUILDING:
1. Building Setback
a. North
c. East
b. South
d. West
2. Existing Landscape
a. Existing Plants types
b. Existing Natural Elements: Water bodies, Etc.
3. Existing Building Services
a.
b. NOTE: circulation showed by yellow color
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d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
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l.
m.
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Water: Water Tank, Supply system, Motor Room, Treatment, Filtration

Power
Drainage
Communications
Waste Disposal
Air Conditioning: Plant Rooms, Location, Size, Number
Lighting (natural and artificial)
Security
Fire Safety
Parking
Sump Tank/ Treatment Plant
Entry/ Exit
Delivery/ Pick up: Postal, Courier, Goods
Pedestrian Paths
Universal Access
Ventilation and Humidity Control
Sound reinforcement, Location of Loud speakers
Ducts, Location, Size, Vertical, Horizontal, Lining, Closing
Control Systems: Openings, Lifts, Lighting, etc.
Vibration Damping
Fuel/ s delivery and storage
Parking Facilities: Habits, Time, Mode, Area, Number, Location, Safety
Others: Specify
z.
4. Basic data about Building activities
a. Day Time
b. Night Time
c. Number of Occupants, Age, Sex, Special Considerations
d. Location of different activities in building
e. Details of Storage: Areas, Properties of Goods
f. Processes: Manufacturing, Trade, Business, Cooking, Service
g. Peak hours of building Operation
5. Characteristic of the Building
a. Building Shape
b. Building Height: Number of floors
c. Orientation of the Building: Views, Climatic, Sun, Wind, Others: Specify
d. Total Floor Area:
i. Ground Floor
iii. Second Floor
ii. First Floor
iv. Etc
e. List of Activity Areas: Major areas, Supporting/ Servicing areas

f. Existing Circulation diagram
g. Sense of Orientation
h. Interconnection of Spaces
i. Building Volume, Volume of individual Spaces
j. Construction system: Heavy, Light, Jointed, Continuous, Separated, Floating,
Etc.
k. Choice of Building Materials: Walls, Doors, Windows, Roof/ Ceiling,
Cladding, Flooring, Wall Finishes (Plastering, Painting, Etc.), Items of
furniture, Partitions, Curtains, Pelmets, Decorations, Railings, Light Fixtures.
6. Details of activity areas: (Conduct activity analysis for each activity)
a.
Specify: Activity area & Spatial Environment
b. Floor Area, Dimensions, Volume, Number of Users

c. Space for Individual activities/ Postural Comfort
d. List of Furniture, Equipment, Things, Objects or Belongings in use: Their
design qualities, Condition, Storage requirements
e. Interior Items: Furnishings, Carpets, Curtains, Hangings
f. Spatial order, Organization
g. Sense of Security/ Privacy

h. Sense of Scale, Proportion
7. Fenestration
a. Location of Doors and Window Openings, Visual Access through openings
from inside to inside, from inside to outside and from outside to inside
b. Perception of Room depth from Windows
c. Quality and Availability of Daylight
d. Qualities of Views
e. Protection from Weather: Sun penetration inside, Wind Control, Dust Control,
Light Control, Rain penetration
f. Convenience and Safety: Perception of Safety, Sense of Security, Convenience
for Maintenance
g. Extent, Pattern, Orientation
h. Openings: Position, Type, Size
i. Glazing details, Preferences, Visual Qualities
j. Quality and Environmental requirements of Blinds and Curtains
8. Thermal Environment
a. Thermal Comfort, Thermal Preference, Sense of Warmth/ Freshness
b. Sense of Air movement: Preference
c. Natural Ventilation: Clean, Fresh air, Absence of dampness, Odour
9. Lighting
a. Visual Comfort: Sense of Brightness/ Gloom
b. Adequacy and Constancy of Illuminance on Horizontal and other Planes
c. Availability of Daylight
d. Absence of Glare, Veiling reflections
e. Electrical Services for lighting System: Type, Location
f. Types of Lamps, Luminaires, Lighting Controls
10. Aural Environment
a. Freedom from distraction/ Interruption from Noise
b. Aural Privacy
c. Audibility, Intelligibility of Desired Sound: Location of Telephones, Music
System, Television, Home Theatres, Road Noise, Etc
d. Sense of Liveliness or Deadness of Aural Environment
e. Background Noises
11. Aesthetic Evaluation
a. The building within its immediate setting:

i. The relationship between the Site, Building and Landscape elements
ii. Approaches Direct, Indirect, Tangential, On street, Etc. as related to
distance from movement lines
iii. Building Street Interface
b. Building faade as related to other buildings, role in the streetscape
c. The Skyline as related to surrounding buildings and trees
d. Building outline in plan and disposition, inter relationship with other building
entries or elements, and side open spaces within the site
e. Entry/ Exit directions Orientation and inter relationships with other building
entries or elements
f. Materials employed on the building fabric, envelope or skin of building
g. Application of Light, Texture and Colour as design elements
h. Proportions:
i. In terms of Height and Width ratio in the facade
ii. In terms of Width of faade to Depth of the buildings
iii. In terms of General Characteristics of Building Bulk
i. Composition: Proportions of intermediary elements and their inter
relationships (for the purpose of analysis the faade may be divided into
horizontal X-X axis and Vertical Y-Y axis)
i. Horizontal Plane (Axis X-X):
1. Position main Entry in relation to the Faade/ Building bulk
2. Positions of secondary entry points
3. Disposition of solids and voids as determined by apertures on
the faade
4. Rhythm created by Apertures, Columns, Sunshades, Textures
and other elements like surface orientation
ii. Vertical Plane (Axis Y-Y):
1. Base The design of Ground: Building Interface
2. Body Expression of Floors, Dispositions of Climatic or other
devices, Rhythm created by Columns, Ornamentation, Etc.
General roof Form, Treatment of Ridges, Eves, Corners, Etc.
Texture, Colour and Material of the Roof
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BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:

CHECKLIST FOR CASE STUDY

Water: Water Tank, Supply system, Motor Room, Treatment, Filtration

iii. Second Floor

ii. First Floor

e. List of Activity Areas: Major areas, Supporting/ Servicing areas

Specify: Activity area & Spatial Environment

b. Floor Area, Dimensions, Volume, Number of Users

g. Sense of Security/ Privacy

a. The building within its immediate setting:

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