Site Analysis
Site Analysis
Site Analysis
A site study report on the site of School of Planning & Architecture, Vasant
Kunj
The report consists of Location, orientation of site, wind & sun direction, topography, vegetation,
hydrology, microclimate, context, infrastructure facilities.
Contents
Location
Context
Local Influence
Accessibility
The Site
Site Plan
Statistics
Temperature
Daylight
Cloud Cover
Precipitation
Humidity
Wind Speed
Wind direction
Site images
Problems
THE GRAND
Qutub Minar : 4 km
AIIMS : 14 km
Connaught Place : 17 km
Kashmere Gate : 25 km
Bawana : 50 km
The distance between Vasant Kunj and some prominent areas in the Delhi
NCR region are as follows: -
Gurgaon : 15 km
Noida : 27 km
Faridabad : 33 km
The site offered unique constraints and opportunities, being on the edge
of the undulating Ridge Zone of the city (though excluded from the
"Notified Forest" designation), it sits in a highly sensitive ecological
corridor with an interesting neighbouring ensemble of the five star Grand
Hotel on the east, high end plotted developments to the south,
institutional buildings and the bio-diversity park to the north-northwest.
The proposed site has very hard rocky natural ground. The bearing
capacity is not been tested but seems to be challenging for the
construction of building over this natural ground.
Ecologically, the master plan recognizes and respects the ridge lines and
valleys on the site and ties it back to the larger geo-morphological grain of
the ridge landform.
The plan responds to the demands of the local climate which features
large variations in temperature, high levels of solar radiation and the
monsoon season and it also had to respond to the topography of the site.
Daily High and Low Temperature Daily Hours of Daylight and Twilight
Over the course of a year, the The length of the day varies significantly
temperature typically varies over the course of the year. The shortest
from 8C to 40C and is rarely day is December 21with 10:19 hours of
below 5Cor above 44C. daylight; the longest day is June
20 with 13:58 hours of daylight.
The warm season lasts from April
9 to July 8 with an average daily
high temperature above 36C.
UNPROCESSED LAND
Circulation
Clash between pedestrian and vehicular traffic causes major
bottleneck.
Public places
Open areas for landscaping is completely absent