PRESENTED BY:-

SAHIL CHOPRA GCAD/09/130

AMLAN MANNA GCAD/09/103

RAHUL NAYYAR GCAD/09/128

SAKET JAIN GCAD/09/131

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

Report on Site Study of SPA Vasant Kunj by Sahil Amlan Rahul,Saket

Context
Contextualism is a design approach which derives from the belief
that a new building must blend in with its neighbors in terms of
height, materials, fenestration etc.

The surrounding has a urban context. Surrounding area of project

site is scarcely populated, comes under commercial area.

At a regional level the campus sits on a keystone location on the

ridge - the confluence of three ridge zones of Delhi.

The site allows for a significant opportunity to physically weave the

South Central Ridge (JNU and beyond) with the Southern Ridge
system.

Being situated on higher ground offers views of the Qutub Minar to

the east and the Moradabad Pahari Masjid towards north.

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Local Influence
The site is located at vasant kunj, institutional area, New Delhi.

Vasant Kunj is an affluent residential colony located in South West

Delhi district of Delhi, India, on the hills of Aravali, which today has
well over 100,000 residents. Most residents reside in flats built by
DDA.

The Vasant Kunj community is considered to be well educated and

prosperous.

Vasant Kunj is home to many intellectuals, prominent

businessmen, celebrities, etc.

THE GRAND

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Accessibility
The distance between Vasant Kunj and some prominent areas within the
NCT of Delhi/New Delhi are as follows: -

Qutub Minar : 4 km

IGI Airport Terminal 3 : 6 km

Dwarka Sub City : 11 km

AIIMS : 14 km

Connaught Place : 17 km

Nizamuddin Railway Station : 20 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 nearest Delhi Metro stations are at Chhatarpur, which is situated on

Andheria More and is on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro and Aerocity,
which is situated on Mahipalpur Chowk and is on the Orange Line of the
Delhi Metro.

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The Site

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 spectacular canyon roughly in the centre of the site becomes a

primary organizing element.

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.

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Statistics

Daily High and Low Temperature
Over the course of a year, the
temperature typically varies
from 8C to 40C and is rarely
below 5Cor above 44C.
The warm season lasts from April
9 to July 8 with an average daily
high temperature above 36C.
Daily Hours of Daylight and Twilight
The length of the day varies significantly
over the course of the year. The shortest
day is December 21with 10:19 hours of
daylight; the longest day is June
20 with 13:58 hours of daylight.

The cold season lasts

from December 11 to February
11 with an average daily high
temperature below23C

Median Cloud Cover Precipitation

The median cloud cover ranges The probability that precipitation
from 2% (clear) to 64% (partly will be observed at this location
cloudy). varies throughout the year.

The sky is cloudiest on July 28and Precipitation is most likely

clearest on November 5. around July 27, occurring
in 51% of days. Precipitation is
The clearer part of the year begins least likely around November 20,
around September 18. occurring in 4% of days.
The cloudier part of the year
begins around May 31.

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Statistics

Humidity Wind Speed

The relative humidity typically
ranges from 17% (dry)
to 95% (very humid) over the
course of the year, rarely dropping
below 11% (very dry) and reaching
as high as 100% (very humid).
Over the course of the year typical
wind speeds vary from 0 m/s to 7
m/s (calm to moderate breeze),
rarely exceeding 11 m/s (fresh
breeze).
The highest average wind speed
of 4 m/s (gentle breeze) occurs
around May 29, at which time the
average daily maximum wind
speed is 7 m/s (moderate breeze).

The lowest average wind speed

of 1 m/s (light air) occurs
around November 2, at which
time the average daily maximum
wind speed is 4 m/s (gentle
breeze).

Wind Directions over the Entire Year

The wind is most often out of the west (20% of the time), east (13% of the time),
and North West (11% of the time). The wind is least often out of the south (3% of the
time) and north (4% of the time).
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Site Images
PROCESSED LAND

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Site Images

UNPROCESSED LAND

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Problems
Traffic congestion
Inadequate parking facility as compared to its demand.

no separation between pedestrian and vehicular traffic

Circulation
Clash between pedestrian and vehicular traffic causes major
bottleneck.

As the main street is crossed thorough traffic on street

perpendicular to it this result in traffic bottleneck.

Public places
Open areas for landscaping is completely absent

Utilities like drinking water, telephone boxes public convenience etc

are missing

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AREA CHART

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PROJECT SITE & SURROUNDING WITH IN 10
KM

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