Hauz Rani

Site Analysis & Documentation

1. HISTORY
a. Introduction of area
b. Brief history of area (Development of area from ages) with respect to urban
development and architectural context ex. forms, massing, transition, diverse
elements etc
c. Open spaces ( streets, terraces, chowk, varandha etc.) / green spaces
d. Built vs open space

2. LINKAGES AND MOVEMENT SYSTEMGroup -2

a. Circulation
b. Nodes
c. Vehicular movement/ pedestrian Movement
d. Mode of movement
e. Conflicts point

3. SOCIAL ASPECTSGroup -3
a. Religion and its impact of architectural form and space
b. Behavior of users in terms of space interaction
c. Major occupation
d. Land ownership
e. Social Activities (Major events or festivals, daily activities, weekly activities,
monthly activities)

4. IMAGE OF THE BASTI Group -4

a. Typology (residential, commercial, mixed use etc.)
b. Morphology
c. Grain and texture
d. Identification of old and new structure w.r.t culture
e. Heritage structure (identification)

5. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTUREGroup -5
(Their dependencies on surrounding neighbourhood areas)
a. Health care (Small scale), Education, Public facilities (grocery shop, boutique,
eateries, weekly market etc.), Temple/ mosque, Gathering space etc.

6. PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ,BYE LAWS AND POLICIES Group -6

a. Bye laws-Study of site level bye laws (FAR, Ground coverage, set back, built
up etc.)
 b. Physical Infrastructure (Services, electricity, drainage, water supply etc.)

7. ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENT Group -7

a. Architectural form of the building, fenestration, Transitions, Skylines/massing,

Layering, Structural system/permanence, Periphery, Unifying/diverse
elements etc.

8. BASE DRAWINGSGroup -8
a. Correction in Base map
b. Land use
c. Built use