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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI

Bachelor of Architectural Studies/ Bachelor of Architecture


COURSE: BAR 313/314 – ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

APPENDIX TO THE 3RD YEAR STUDIO BRIEF

SITE DOCUMENTATION AND ANALYSIS

To enable you to design any architectural design project successfully, you must carry out a detailed
documentation of the site by collecting and analysing data under the following topics:

a. Infrastructure:
Street / building outdoor lighting, sewer lines, power and telephone lines, boundary walls, fences and
grilles, storm water drainage channels, roads and paved walkways (including sizes, construction
materials, finishes used) and any other services, etc.

b. Site neighbourhood:

1. Spatial elements:
Existing structures, Character of neighbouring building facades: heights, street geometry &
dimensions (height/width), Orientation etc.

2. Architectural:
Surface finishes including type, texture and colour, Construction materials, sun-shading elements,
canopies, landscaping features (both soft and hard, materials used and type of vegetation), window
and door sizes and proportions/façade proportions, themes and characters of landscaped spaces,
landscaping elements and their organising principles, qualities of landscaped spaces in terms of
public/domestic/intimate scales, sizes etc.

3. Contextual/Functional issues:
Historical, Cultural background and Geographical issues. This should include the history of the site
and its relationship with the neighbourhood.

This should include the history of the general neighbourhood etc. Human activities in the
neighbouring buildings (both indoor and outdoor) including the nature of activities, Human activities
within open parking spaces and along adjacent roads, clothing levels at different times of the
day/night and how people use spaces (indoor and outdoor during day and night time), attitude of users
to space etc.

Establish use/activities of neighbouring buildings and the number of users in each building, number
of peoples (head count) who use a particular road, path or converge to particular spots at different
times of day/night.

c. Existing Site Conditions/Inventory:

1. Spatial elements:
Establish Site boundaries and dimensions, beacon points (if possible), Site access, Character of
existing building facades: heights, building geometry & dimensions (height/width), Orientation,
location/size and type of trees and shrubs, grass type, soil types, rock outcrops, gradient (slope of
land), map-out existing water bodies (if any), garbage collection points etc.

2. Architectural:
Existing structures/ buildings, Surface finishes of existing buildings within the Site including type,
texture and colour, construction materials, sun-shading elements, canopies, landscaping features
(both soft and hard, materials used and type of vegetation), window and door sizes and
proportions/façade proportions, themes and characters of landscaped spaces, landscaping elements
and their organising principles, qualities of landscaped spaces in terms of public/domestic/intimate
scales, sizes etc. Establish use/activities of existing buildings and the number of users in each
building.

3. Contextual/Functional issues:
Human activities within the Site (both indoor and outdoor) including the nature of activities,
clothing levels and how people use spaces (indoor and outdoor during day and night time), attitude
of users to space etc. Number of peoples (head count) who visit the Site or pass through the Site or
converge to particular spots at different times of day/night.

d. Climatic Analysis

Data collection, analysis and recommendations.


1. Establish Site orientation i.e. Sun-movement and North point.

2. Data collection at the Site using Climatic data loggers (Air temperature, Relative humidity,
Sound/Noise levels & Light levels). Use a Sound level meter to establish noise levels and a Light or
lux meter to measure the amount of light.

3. Data collection from the nearest Meteorological station: Analysis to include Mahoney tables,
Psychrometric chart, and Bioclimatic chart.

4. Establish wind direction and speed, including prevailing winds and any local wind patterns.

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