This document summarizes the key factors of a site analysis, which is the process of surveying an environment to understand how it will impact a structure's design. It lists the main considerations as topography, location, plant material, water, climate, solar orientation, winds, soil, and regulatory factors. It provides examples of how each factor like the slope of the land, soil type, and vegetation can influence foundation design, drainage, suitable plants, and microclimate. The document stresses the importance of completing a thorough site analysis before beginning design development to account for the existing site conditions.

1. SITE ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS
-SHIBANI.M

2. Site Analysis is the process of surveying or studying the existing
environment and how it will influence the structure’s design and layout on the
site.

4. Site Analysis and Site Plans(rendered)

5. Site Analysis
•Topography
•Geographic location
•Plant material
•Water
•Climate
•Solar orientation
•Prevailing winds
•Soil
•Regulatory factors
Zoning Ordinances
Codes
Covenants
Historical Requirements
•Sensory Factors
Views
Sounds
Smells

6. Building Section

7. TheAngle of the Sunvariesduring the seasons,
thisis dueto thetilting ofthe earth’saxisasit rotatesaroundthesun.
Actually,theearthis closer tothe sunin winter butthenorthernhemisphere is tilting awayfromthe
sun.

8. Therefore…. one could assume that a design that works
well for a flat plot of land may not do as well for a sloped
topography and visa versa.

9. The Affects of a Slope

10. Therefore a SITE ANALYSIS must be completed first before design
development can commence.

11. Topography
 Contour lines are imaginary lines in plan view that connect
points of equal height above a datum or bench mark.
 Each contour line represents the form in which the site
acquires over a specified elevation that is why we have
surveyors and topographic surveys vs. metes and bounds
surveys
 Contour lines are continuous and never intersect each
other. They change in shape, but never in elevation.

12. Contour lines & Topography

13. Geographic factors
 SOIL
 The soil type affects:
the type and size of a building’s foundation system
the drainage of ground and surface water
the types of plant material able to grow on a site
All buildings rely on soil for their ultimate support.
The underlying foundation is effected by the soil’s strength.

14. Geographic factors
 VEGETATION
The types and locations of plant materials affect:
the site’s micro-climate
Solar radiation, wind, humidity, air temperature
the definition or visual screening or exterior spaces
the absorption or dispersion of sound

15. Plant Material

16. Plant Material

17. Plant Material

18. Plant Material

19. Climatic Factors

20. The light shelf is an extremely useful tool.
This mechanism, a horizontal surface at or above eye level,
serves to reflect light falling above the vision window up
onto the ceiling and therefore deeper into the room. At the
same time, it reduces illumination immediately adjacent to
the window, where illumination levels are typically too great
to work comfortably.
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