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How to conduct a Case Study?
Posted by Architect in Case Studies on December 21, 2011
When students begin studying  Architecture at a University, the first thing that they are
supposed to become excellent at, is doing a documentation or a case study. It could be a
case study of a small village, town, a villa, a bus-stop, or a high-rise commercial or
residential building. A case study is an in-depth investigation of a single individual, group,
incident, or community. Other ways include experiments, surveys, or analysis of archival
information
What is the purpose of conducting a Case Study?
As the term Case Study suggests, it is the study of a particular case that is similar to your
topic of design project. Doing a case study will help you understand the various aspects that
you have to consider while designing.

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Casestudy and Design Guide for Major Bus Terminal for a Large City
Posted by Architect in Architecture, Case Studies, Design Guide, Thesis Project on August
4, 2011
Casestudy, Analysis and Design Guide | Design Process of Major Bus
Terminal for a Large City
Data Collection and Analysis
The site: Study and Analysis
1. Map of the City showing all the Transportation routes and networks
2. A Land survey of the exact boundaries
3. A topographical Map of the site
4. A Survey Map of all the Physical Elements on site such as Trees, Rocks, Peaks and
Valleys, Water, Drainage, Electricity, High tension lines, low tension lines etc.
5. A Visual survey of the Surrounding Areas

Casestudy and Design of Bus Terminal

Building and Infrastructure – Study and Analysis

  Surveys of the existing transportation Department
 Size and Population of the City – A map
 Size and capacity of the existing terminal
 Maps showing existing traffic volumes and Travel Pattern
 In state, Out of State, Types and categories of Buses etc.
 Provision of Local Services
 Support facilities, Workshops, Sheds, Service

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Terminal, Design Solution – Presentation, Drawings required for Bus Terminal
Design, Guide to Bus Terminal Design, How to design a Bus Terminal, Preparation of Base
Map, Thesis Project
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Guide to Casestudy of Commercial Hubs for Redesign | Urban Design

Posted by Architect in Case Studies on January 13, 2011
Study of Master Plan in relation to commercial hubs
 Study all commercial hubs
 Number of Commercial hubs (existing, declined), where they are located?
 Their development pattern
 Analyze the road pattern and the roads linked to it
 Master Plan of Hyderabad

1. Study of the development from 19th century to 21st century

2. Study the hierarchy of the commercial hubs
3. Histogram, why they have declined? What? How?
4. Pick the successful commercial hubs right from the olden days existing uptill today,
which have not been changed.
5. Analyze it, study the density, population, traffic, volume of traffic… traffic count
6. Classify different types of traffic (School Traffic, Office Traffic etc)
7. Commercial traffic – estimation in terms of percentage
8.

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Design of an Artist’s House | Guide for conducting a casestudy of a Villa

Posted by Architect in Case Studies on December 22, 2010
Guide to Design of an Artist’s House | Architectural Design
An artist is a person with exceptionally innovative and creative skills. His mindset, his
thought process is all influenced by the surroundings he lives in. Designing an Artist’s
House is of great significance to begin the learning process of design.

Artist's House

This project was given to us by the University in the first year of the Architecture course.
This is a project where we could explore our creativity to the fullest. At the beginning of our
course, we are not much aware of the conventional forms or logical design solutions. We
are extremely creative when we are unaware of the actual process of transforming our
project into reality but later on, as we progress with our course, we tend to restrict
ourselves. Anyway, we will not get into a discussion on that topic.

So, this is how we go around designing the Artist’s House. Here are the
two major steps:
1. Case study of Luxurious Homes
2. Design Process of an Artist’s House
Case study of Luxurious Homes
Coming to the case study part, case study is like the backbone of our design. We have to
study the existing structures to determine the requirements. Case studies are necessary not
just for an Architecture student but this is a part of design process which the Architect has to
carry out for his entire life.

As I have mentioned in the title above “Case study of Luxurious Homes”, the case study of
an Artist’s House is limited to Luxurious Homes because it involves creativity. So studying
more of creative places helps us explore our own creative genius.

What do you do when you go on a Case study?

Case study means study of a case (project) which includes all its elements of design. The
structure (home) that you are studying has various advantages and disadvantages which
you have to work on. Earlier, in one of my articles, we discussed the detailed process of
performing a case study. Those factors also have to be included into this case study
process.

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