Case Study Checklist

A. SITE LEVEL
1. Site details
 Location
 History
 Nearest Landmark
 Major Access to site - Entry and Exit
 Road Geometrics in the site
 Topography
 Utilities
 Water Supply, Electricity, telephone, Sanitary, Fire, Storm
water drainage, Waste disposal, etc.
 Surrounding Context
 Neighborhood structures, Views-Vistas, Noise from streets,
etc.
 Parking facilities
 Landscape features
 Any sustainable aspects, eg: Rainwater harvesting, etc.

B. Building Level
2. Planning study
 Horizontal & Vertical zoning of spaces.
 Typology of spaces
 Hierarchy of spaces

3. Parking Level(s) planning

 Entry and Exit ramps
 Spaces and Numbers
 Signage’s
 Safety and security
 Circulation routes
 Any advanced system of parking
4. Floor Plans study
 Each level study

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  Vertical cores - analysis
 Any philosophy / theme in planning
 Circulation routes for public (Horiz.,Vert., Visual)
 Circulation Service routes (Horiz.,Vert.)
 Administration spaces, service spaces

5. Services
 Lighting (Natural and Artificial)
 HVAC
 Water supply and Sanitation
 Fire Safety
 Elevators / Escalators
 Waste disposal
 Communication
6. Structural and Constructional Techniques
7. Material Study
 At Site Level – pavements , Steps, Entrance Flooring, etc.,
 Building Level
 Flooring details of Common spaces, passages
 Atriums, Shop Interiors
 Façade treatments
 Roof details
 Wall claddings
 Service spaces
 Detailing of any special feature / technique.

8. Activity Study
 Use of different spaces
 Activities in common spaces, passages, around elevators, entrance–exit.
 Recreational Areas (play zones)
 Food Courts
 Seating Spaces and Resting spaces
 Study and analysis based on Anthropometrics