PARAMETERS FOR CASE STUDY

1. Basic data about Building activities

a. Day Time
b. Night Time
c. Number of Occupants, Age, Sex, Special Considerations
d. Location of different activities in building
e. Details of Storage: Areas, Properties of Goods
f. Peak hours of Building Operation
g. List of Activity Areas: Major areas, Supporting/ Servicing areas
h. Existing Circulation diagram
i. Sense of Orientation
j. Interconnection of Spaces
k. Building Volume, Volume of individual Spaces
l. Construction system: Heavy, Light, Jointed, Continuous, Separated, Floating, Etc.

2. Details of activity areas:

Specify: Activity area & Spatial Environment
a. Floor Area, Dimensions, Volume, Number of Users
b. Space for Individual activities/ Postural Comfort
c. List of Furniture, Equipment, Things, Objects or Belongings in use: Their design
qualities, Condition, Storage requirements
d. Interior Items: Furnishings, Carpets, Curtains, Hangings
e. Spatial order, Organization
f. Sense of Security/ Privacy
g. Sense of Scale, Proportion

3. Aesthetic Evaluation
a. The building within its immediate setting:
 i. The relationship between the Site, Building and Landscape elements
ii. Approaches – Direct, Indirect, Tangential, On street, Etc. as related to
distance from movement lines
iii. Building – Street Interface

FACILITIES
1. Facilities provided
2. Importance of these facilities, how did they prioritize it?
3. Service circulation pattern
4. User friendly facilities, comfort stations
5. How are the facilities placed and connected?
6. Adjacent subsidiary facilities

SERVICES
1. Water, Fire
2. Power
3. Storage, Waste disposal
4. Security, Lighting
6. Drainage
7. Pedestrian paths
8. Universal design aspect

References:
- https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/rtf-fresh-perspectives/a1730-a-checklist-for-
architectural-case-studies/
- https://kupdf.net/download/thesis-case-study-check-list-
architecture_598e72ccdc0d608c23300d1e_pdf