CLIMATE STUDY OF HYDERABAD

AND SITE ANALYSIS

Understanding the macro-climate of Hyderabad
and analysing the site conditions and context.
 The Hyderabad experiences an semi-arid climatic zone. The days are hot and
dry, while the nights are cool and breezy.
Following are the main factors that influence the climate over Hyderabad:
🞄 Western Disturbances – They generally occur during the winter months
CLIMATE OF and cause drizzle to light showers, affecting the temperatures to decrease.
🞄 Dust storms – occur rarely during the month of May and June.
HYDERABAD 🞄 Southeast Monsoon – occurs in summer from the month of June till
September. Monsoons bring much awaited relief from the scorching heat.
Sometimes they are quite heavy in nature causing significant floods.
🞄 Continental air – prevails during the period when there is no precipitation
in the city.
MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE

This diagram displays how many days per month reach certain temperatures
Average
Temperature
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AMOUNTS
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Precipitation
CLOUDY,
SUNNY AND
PRECIPITATION
DAYS.

The graph shows the monthly number of sunny, partly cloudy, overcast and precipitation days.
Days with less than 20% cloud cover are considered as sunny, with 20-80% as partly cloudy and
with more than 80% as overcast.
WIND
DIRECTION

The wind rose for Hyderabad shows

how many hours per year the wind
blows from the indicated direction.
Example SW: Wind is blowing from
South West to North East.
WIND SPEED

The graph shows the days per month, during which the wind reaches certain speed.
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 About one-fourth of the land area of Hyderabad covers the Forests. It
VEGETATION OF consists of moist deciduous and dry savanna vegetation. Teak, Rosewood,
Wild fruit trees, Bamboo grow in abundant. Otherwise, Neem, Banyan,
HYDERABAD Mango and Pipal are the common trees grown.
Hyderabad’s soil type is mainly Red sandy with areas of Black cotton soil.
GEOGRAPGHY 🞄Hyderabad is located in the northern part of Deccan plateau, on the banks
of Musi river.
AND 🞄The predominant topography of the city is sloping rocky terrain of grey
and pink granites.
TOPOGRAPHY
🞄It has an average altitude of about 542 Metres (1778 ft) above Mean Sea
OF HYDERABAD Level (MSL).
SITE ANALYSIS

🞄The site is located in the Campus premises of Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University Hyderabad.
🞄 The site is approached by the main city corridor of JNTU road or Kukatpally
road.
SITE ANALYSIS
 75 Metres 6M

Transverse Section

SITE SECTIONS

15.5 M

Longitudinal Section
WIND
DIRECTION
AND SUN PATH
 Analysis 1
🞄 Extreme heat in first half year and bearable heat
in the next half year
• Dry days dominating all around the year
• Most months are sunny or partly cloudy.
Strategy :
• Space planning which can alter micro climate of
the site
Like use of waterbodies, vegetation, covered
ANALYSIS AND pathways, roof gardens etc.
STRATEGIES
Analysis 2
• S-W and S-E winds are more prominent.
• They might sometimes bring dust storms as
well.
Strategy:
• Voids in the buildings to allow wind flow
• Use of landscape elements (buffer) which traps
the dust and lets filtered air flow.
 Analysis 3
• Sun path.
Strategy:
• S-W and S-E side building can be taller to
provide shading to the rest of the site.
• Solid facade with less glass openings on
southern side.

ANALYSIS AND Analysis 5

• The shadow analysis explains there is no
STRATEGIES shade falling on the site
for maximum months of the year.
Strategy:
• Introverted space planning with
courtyards.
• Mutual shading through building
 Analysis 4
• Hyderabad consists Red sandy soil which is
naturally dense and frictionless.
• it can be used as aggregate for cement.
• Absorbs water quickly and dries up the land.
Strategy:
• Doesn’t need heavy foundation
• Cuts the construction cost for using local materials
INFERENCES • Minimum use of hardscape is possible.

OF SHADOW 🞄Shadow analysis helps to determine the amount of shadow casted by the
surrounding buildings.
ANALYSIS 🞄Thus, it also helps in determining the form, height and configuration of
open spaces in the proposed building.
🞄It helps in understanding the direction of shadows shall be casted by the
building to be designed on the given site.
🞄It helps to determine the position of opening, types of opening and
shading devices.
🞄 Shadow casted by buildings over the in-between spaces can be
strategically used to provide or design a open space of interaction or
liminal space.
 🞄 Use of Shading Devices.
🞄 Use of Passive Cooling technique, in response to the climate of the city.
🞄Appropriate Landscape and Vegetation to diffuse the direct sunlight
entering into the premises.
🞄 Minimum use of Hardscape to prevent heat reflecting back on buildings.
STRATEGIES TO 🞄 Appropriate Courtyard to height ratio to achieve wind sink concept.

BE APPLED 🞄Adapting the roof terrace gardening to reduce the heat absorption by
building.
🞄 Use of water bodies in appropriate spaces for passive cooling technique.
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STRATEGIES TO
BE APPLED