P R E -D E S IG N

S T U D IE S

PRE-DESIGN STUDIES
SOCIAL
STUDIES
ANTHROPOMET
RIC STUDIES
CASE STUDY
SITE ANALYSIS
CONTEXTUAL
STUDIES

Pre-design is the
phase of analysis that
occurs before design
begins. During the
pre-design phase,
studies are done to
analyse space
requirement issues,
the constraints and
opportunities of the
proposed site.

1. SOCIAL STUDIES
PARAMETERS

OUTCOME

a. Identify the kind of people living

Physical requirement and
Either (HIG,MIG,LIG)
comfort and

area change,
Luxury

requirement
b. Activities near site like mela ground,
flow, Cateving noise
Rally.
c. Demographic data (% of young or old
youth, user
Or youth or families in an area)

Visitor
Pollution
User adult, user
Family

2. ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA
PARAMETERS
a. Identification of users groups, whether adult or child
of spaces
Accordingly to reason
b. Design for disable

OUTCOME
Categorization

3.

CASE STUDY
PARAMETERS

OUTCOME

a. Similar scale cases

Give idea of requirement
b. Categorization of space according to the space
the functioning
c. Landscaping

4.

Decides
Beauty , Aesthetics

SITE ANALYSIS
PARAMETERS

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.

Access the site

Surroundings
Look for any existing structure on site
Existing vegetation
Water and electric supply
Topography
Climate of that place (Macro climate)
Height analysis
Area activity diagram
Surrounding activities
Road section

5.

CONTEXTUAL STUDIES

Indirectly affecting parameter which are

important