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Architectural Site Analysis Checklist

The document provides a checklist for conducting an architectural site analysis with steps like analyzing the physical and environmental character, understanding context and scale, drawing diagrams of existing plans, conducting climate, sun path, and topographical surveys to learn site constraints and inform design principles.

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Architectural Site Analysis Checklist

The document provides a checklist for conducting an architectural site analysis with steps like analyzing the physical and environmental character, understanding context and scale, drawing diagrams of existing plans, conducting climate, sun path, and topographical surveys to learn site constraints and inform design principles.

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Architectural Site
Analysis Checklist.
1. Initial important analysis 3. Drawings & diagrams
Analyse the sites physical character Existing Plans and Drawings - study site
characteristics from a plan view
Analyse the sites environmental
character Climate Analysis - conduct a climate
analysis study. This involves wind
Understand the sites context direction and speed, temperature, solar
radiation, and rainfall patterns.
Understand the sites scale
Sun Path Analysis - Sun path analysis is
Tip: Identifying the site constraints early a study of the sun's impact on the site
will help form design principles to work during a day cycle.
from
Topographical Survey - use a
topographical survey to learn the site
contours, elevation, and slope.
2. Steps Involved in Architectural
Site Analysis
Site Research - know the relevant
historical information
Site Visit - gain a sense of place and
time, context.
Site Documentation - Take photographs,
measurements & sketch
Site Analysis - evaluating the site's key
views, spatial qualities, strengths
and opportunities.
Design Concept - record your initial
design response

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