SITE VISIT

Check list
Note - All students should carry measuring tapes, Sketchbooks & pencils

LOCATION • Location map – major landmarks, major roads, minor roads (NTS)
• Site and its surroundings (showing neighbouring buildings and roads -
NTS)
• Site plan (1:200)

SITE PLAN • Site dimensions

• Site area
• Access road

SITE STUDY All of these to be shown in the enlarged site, one or two sentence write up
per topic.
• Transportation/ access to site
• Sun path
• Wind direction
• Topography
• Soil
• Surface drainage (Site slope direction identification)
• Vegetation (types of trees, heights, coverage)
• Ground water table
• Significant architectural styles (if any)
• Circulation (On site and off site)
o Identification of Vehicular road/ pedestrian road
• Major site features (if any)
• Surface drainage
• Climate (Temperature, Humidity, rainfall – bar charts)
• Noise
• Points of interest on site
• Views
o Views from the site
o View towards the site (From various angle – Photographs)
o View quality from various site positions

• Analysis of all the above mentioned study

SITE ANALYSIS • SWOT analysis ( Strength, weakness, opportunities & threat)

SERVICES • Public sewer

• Water supply/ wells/ boreholes
• Electricity

ISSUES & Issues identification

CONSTRAINTS

PHOTOGRAPHS Photographs to explain site conditions, Site issues, potentials, viewpoints etc