SITE ANALYSIS

LOCATION OF THE SITE : REASON FOR CHOOSING THIS SITE :

• Thrissur is situated in 10º 10' and 10º 46' North latitude • THRISSUR IS KNOWN AS THE CULTURAL CAPITAL OF KERALA. BUT LATELY IT HAS
and 75º 55' and 77º 05' East longitude. The city is located • The high lands are thickly forested whereas the plains, which are fertile, are DEVELOPED A NEW RECOGNITION AS THE ACADEMIC HUB OF KERELA.
75 km north of Kochi, 133 km west of Coimbatore and 144 cultivated for food and cash crops. • I HAVE CHOSEN MY SITE IN THRISSUR AS ITS GROWING TO BE THE ACADEMIC HUB ,
km south of Kozhikode. Thrissur District can be divided • Thrissur has a tropical humid climate with an oppressive hot season and plentiful THERE ARE VERY FEW RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS IN THRISSUR TOWN. THERE ARE NO WELL
into three well-defined zones. and fairly assured rainfall. PLANNED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN THRISSUR .
• Descending from the heights of western Ghats in the east • The hot season from March to May is followed by southwest monsoon from June • THE NO OF STUDENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF KERALA AND FROM ABROAD
, land slopes towards the west , forming three distinct to September. October and November form the post monsoon or retreating TO STUDY IN THRISSUR HAVE INCREASED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
natural division: monsoon season. • THEY COME DOWN FOR CRASH COURSES FOR A MONTH AND WOULD STAY IN THE
1. high lands • The average daily maximum temperature in March and April, which are generally ENTRANCE COACHING CENTRES.
2. plains the hottest months , is 31º C in the coastal regions and 36º C in the interior. THRISSUR CITY CENTRE • PROVIDING A WELL PLANNED RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN THE THRISSUR CITY WOULD TAKE
3. seaboard N THE CITY TO A NEXT LEVEL IN ITS EVOLUTION TO BE THE ACADEMIC HUB OF KERALA.
SITE • THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY BOUNDARY.THERE AE NO OF SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES COMING UP IN THIS AREA.
THRISSUR CITY DATA • THIS AREA HAS LOT OF INSTITUTIONS AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMING UP.

GEOGRAPHIC 10° 31' 12" North Latitude & 76° 12' 36" East
COORDINATES Longitude
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION CENTRES AROUND THE SITE:
AREA 3,032 KM SQ
POPUATION DENSITY 1026 PERSONS PER KM SQ
SEX RATIO 1109 FEMALES PER 1000 MALES
LITERACY RATE 95.32%

VEGETATION AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS :

POPULATION TREND:
SOIL CHARACTERISTICS :
• Thrissur Municipal Corporation has a population of 317,474
• THE CITY IS GEOLOGICALLY COMPOSED OF ARCHAEAN
(2001) spread over an area of 101.42 sq.km.
GNEISSES AND CRYSTALLINE SCHISTS. MAJOR PART OF
Winds are generally lights to
THE CITY WOULD FALL UNDER ARCHAEN GNEISSES.
• THE SOIL CHARACTERISTICS IS LATERITE SOIL WITH WEST INDIAN MEDLER moderate and they strengthen in INSTITUTIONS COMMERCIAL RELIGIOUS CENTRES
JACKFRUIT TREE
MUCH OF GROUND COVERED WITH NATIVE GRASS. (ELANJI ) the monsoon season. In the south-
west monsoon season the winds ACCESSABILITY TO THE SITE:
are mainly westerly or south
VEGETATION : westerly. During the rest of the
• MOST OF THE SITE HAS NATIVE GRASS COVER AND year winds are mainly north
FEW SHRUBS ON IT. easterly to easterly in the
• SITE HAS A LOT OF DECIDIOUS CANOPY TREES AND mornings and blow from direction
COCONUT TREES. CASSIA FISTULA
• TREES ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE CENTRAL
between south-west and north-
LANDUSE PATTERN OF THRISSUR CITY : (GOLDEN SHOWERS)
REGION OF THE SITE AND ALONG THE NORTHERN west in the afternoons.
BOUNDARY .
• THE TOTAL AREA OF THE LANDIS 3035 SQ.KM. THE BREAKUP OF THE LANDUSE NEERMARUTHU TREE
IS SHOWN IN THE TABLE BELOW AND THE LANDUSE MAP OF THE DISTRICT IS
SHOWN IN FIG.1.

LANDUSE – RESIDENTIAL SPACE

• THE RESIDENTIAL LANDUSE MAP SHOWS
THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL SPACES
ARE ALONG THE COASTAL REGION ALONG • DISTANCE – 4.5 KM
WITH THE AGRICULTURAL SPACES.
• TIME – 10 MINS BY CAR
• MOST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY ARE
LOCATED IN THIS ZONE.
VIEWS AROUND THE SITE :

LANDUSE PATTERN - AGRICULTURE

• THE LANDUSE MAP HELP US CONCLUDE THAT
MOST OF THE AGRICULTURAL PART IS TO THE SHOBHA CITY VIEW TO THE SITE FROM MAIN ROAD
NORTH AND IT CAN ALSO BE NOTICED THAT
WATERBODIES INFLUENCE THE
CONCENTRATION. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE DISTRICT :
• OUR SITE WILL BE LOCATED AMONG THE MIX
OF AGRICULTURE AND RESIDENTIAL MIX • THRISSUR CITY FEATURES A TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE.SINCE THE REGION LIES IN THE
ZONING. SOUTH WESTERN COASTAL STATE OF KERALA, CLIMATE IS TROPICAL.ITH ONLY MINOR
• AS IT IS LOCATED AWAY FROM THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TEMPERATURE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT, AS WELL AS OVER THE YEAR.
COMMERCIAL SPACES , IT WOULD BE IN THE • SUMMER LASTS FROM MARCH TO MAY AND FOLLOWED BY THE SOUTH WEST MONSOON FROM
QUITE ZONE OF THE DISTRICT. JUNE TO SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WOULD BE POST MONSOON SEASON.
THANNIKUDAM RIVER
FOLLOWED BY DECEMBER TO JANUARY A SLIGHTLY COOLER PERIOD.
PROPOSED SITE
LOCATION RESIDENTIAL SPACES AROUND THE
LANDUSE PATTERN DISTRICT SITE
• THE MAP SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE
FOREST AND PLANTATION ACTIVITIES ARE
ON THE HIGHLAND.
• ALL THE URBAN SPACES ARE FOUND TO BE
• FROM THE MAP , IT IS CLEAR THAT , THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE DISTRICT COMES ALONG THE COASTAL REGION ALONG THE • CITY IS DRAINED IN THE MONSOONAL SEASON BY HEAVY SHOWERS.ANNUAL RAINFALL IS 3000 CM. LULU CONVENTION CENTRE
UNDER THREE MAIN LAND USES THAT IS : RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURE MIX MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. ON AVERAGE THERE ARE 124 RAINY DAYS.
(50.89 % ) , FOREST LAND (25.46 % ) AND AGRICULTURE LAND (11.65%).THE • THE AGRICULTURAL SPACES ARE • THE MAXIMUM AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF THE CITY IS 33- DEGREE CELSIUS AND MINIMUM IS 29
HIGHLIGHT OF THE LANDUSE MAP IS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ABUNDANCE OF CONCENTRATED ON THE MIDLAND DEGREE CELSIUS DURING SUMMER SEASON.
VEGETATION AND ATER BODY. REGION OF THE DISTRICT. • DURING THE WINTER SEASON THE CITY IS RECORDED TO HAVE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 29
• THIS COULDPROVE TO BE HELPFUL FOR THE EFFECT OF THE MICROCLIMATE OF THE DEGREE CELSIUS AND MINIMUM OF 20 DEGREE CELSIUS.
TENNIS CLUB
SITE CHOSEN. VADAKUNNATHAN TEMPLE

SUBMITTED BY : ARCHANA . MENON