Architectural Site Analysis

SITE ANALYSIS CONTENT

The following is a list of all the things that a construction project consultant investigates on your land and respond to them accordingly because they will ultimately affect your project.

1. SITE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
2. LANDSCAPE VALUE
3. LAND USE & PURPOSE
4. LEGAL AND PLANNING ASPECT
5. SHAPE
6. SIZE
7. BOUNDARIES
8. SETBACKS
9. CONTOURS
10. USER SURVEY
11. ZONES OF INFLUENCE / ZONING
12. DENSITY ANALYSIS
13. SERVICES & UTILITIES – (DISTANCE, DEPTH & MATERIALS)

13.1. DRAINAGE PATTERN MATRIX/FILIGREE/RETICULATION

13.1.1. Storm Water run-off drainage
13.1.2. Underground water drainage

13.2. ELECTRICITY
13.3. GAS
13.4. SEWER
13.5. CLEAN WATER SUPPLY
13.6. TELEPHONE
13.7. TELECOMMUNICATION
13.8. INTERNET

14. ACCESS
15. VEGETATION SUCH AS TREES, HERBACEOUS AND SHRUBS
16. BIODIVERSITY AND HABITAT
17. PHYSIOGRAPHY (NATURAL & MAN-MADE FEATURES
18. INFRASTRUCTURE

18.1. CIRCULATION & PARKING

18.1.1. Vehicular roads
18.1.2. Path network

18.2. COMMUNICATION

19. ARCHEOLOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY DATA
20. CLIMATE AND MICROCLIMATE

20.1. RAINFALL
20.2. SUN

20.2.1. Path
20.2.2. Intensity
20.2.3. Radiation

20.3. WIND

20.3.1. Direction
20.3.2. Speed

20.4. TEMPERATURE

21. SENSORY

21.1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
21.2. NOISE POLLUTION
21.3. CHEMICAL POLLUTION

22. BUILDING CODES
23. GEOLOGY AND SOILS
24. GEOPHYSICAL
25. HYDROLOGY
26. HYDROGEOLOGY
27. HYDROCHEMISTRY
28. SITE & SURROUNDING STRUCTURES FEATURES: BUILDING, ETC.
29. NEIGHBORHOOD PATTERNS
30. VIEWS

30.1. VIEWS TO THE SITE
30.2. VIEWS FROM THE SITE
30.3. VIEWS ACROSS THE SITE

31. VISIONARY
32. DELIVERABLE
33. INTEGRATED / ACTIVITIES OF INTEREST

33.1. CURRENT ACTIVITIES
33.2. NEGATIVE SITE ACTIVITIES

34. FLEXIBLE
35. PARTICIPATORY / CURRENT EVENT DAY USE
36. CULTURAL & PSYCHOSOCIAL COMMUNITY & NEIGHBORHOOD ASPECTS.
37. PRESENT AND FUTURE CONDITIONS

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