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Iranian vernacular

architecture
SITE ANALYSIS
SUBMITTED BY:
AASTHA SAINI
02/18
LOCATION NEIGHBOURHOOD CONTEXT
Bampur is a city in and
capital of Bampur County,
Sistan and Baluchestan
Province, Iran.

THE STRUCTURES AROUND THE SITE WITHIN


1.5KM DISTANCE
● Bampour castle(tourist place) ● Bank
● Khalese(tourist place) ● Housing
● Mosque ● Bus stop
● Cafe ● Shopping
● Bakery mall
NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURES

OVERALL
SITE
VIEW
NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURES

BAMPOUR CASTLE

KALESE
MICROCLIMATE WINDS TOPOGRAPHY
2 main types Flat plain desert land
● Hot & dry in summers ● Wind of 120 days
● Cold & dry in winter (late May to late September)
● Low precipitation South to south eastward
● Large difference in Most powerful wind with a speed of 120km/hr
diurnal day & night ● Shamal
temperatures (winter winds) with a speed of 70 km/hr
North to north eastward
APPROACH
The main entry to the site
is from North west.

VEGETATION
Endemic shrubs and perennials
include Astragalus ,kavirensis Freitag,
Heliotropum rudbaricum, and others.
Cacti and succulents, wildflowers,
trees and grasses.

SOIL - sandy MATERIALS - mud, adobe and brick


CIRCULATION (Activity Pattern)
7am - 10am -LOW Traffic
10am-4pm - MEDIUM Traffic
4pm -9pm- HEAVY Traffic
9pm onwards -LOW Traffic
SWOT ANALYSIS
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
● The area of the site is large ● The site being located on
enough for providing the outskirts of the city
significant interventions. requires a person to
● The orientation of the site. specially go there.
● The surrounding has ● The existing accessibility
vernacular buildings keeping to the site is from one side
the context intact . only.

OPPORTUNITY THREAT
● The location of the site at an ● The site being located at an
existing tourist place. open and desert land,will
● The site being free from 2 experience high diurnal
sides can help in improving temperature.
the accessibility. ● As there is no significant
● Better views can be provided vegetation to hold the soil,the
as there is no prominent chances of dust storms
visual barrier. increase.

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