CASE STUDY CHECKLIST

PROJECT DETAILS

Architect
Location
Structure
Building typology
Area
Project year

PHYSICAL ASPECTS

Site area
Site dimensions
Build up area
Access to the building
Floor plans
Building orientation
Façade orientation
Form of the building
Material study – Indoor and outdoor
Type of roofs
Landscape – Landscape pathways , play area, Types of tress, shrubs , irrigation system, man made/
artificial levels, Outdoor furniture’s, gaziboo
SPATIAL ASPECTS

Form & space – Massing of building

Openings
Approach – Frontal , oblique etc
Entrance
Configuration of path - Linear or radial etc
Path space relationship
Spatial relationships – space within space/ interlocking / adjacent
Circulation space – Enclosed , semi opened , opened
Spatial organization – Linear , radial . Centralized , grid , clustered

FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS

Rooms in building – Areas of each

Anthropometry
Vertical dimensions – No of floors, levels, heights
Transition spaces
Interior elements
Spatial zoning
Behavioral analysis
Light and ventilation
Circulation
AESTHETICS ASPECTS

Ordering principles – Axis, symmetry, hierarchy and rhythm

Colour
Light and shadows
Proportion
Visual scale
Human scale

SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP

Relationship between building and site

Relationship between building and user
Utilization of spaces – Designed, un utilized , maximum utilized

SERVICES

Electrical – Service connection, transformer yard layout, capacity, electrical shaft, electrical room
layout, DG room

Mechanical - HVAC system ,capacity, AHU room layout, duct work , Lift lobby layout, capacity, type
Plumbing – UG sump location, OHT , capacity , water treatment and recycling facility, Fire fighting
sump capacity, layout of plumbing shafts.

Fire safety – Fire safety systems in building , Comparison of fire safety norms with NBC code.
Fire safety plan earmarking means of egress, refuge area,fire safety apparatus used.