Architecture Site Analysis - The Site Analysis Course for Beginners
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Architecture site analysis might seem like a pointless task, but it is the first step to designing a great architectural project. Let us learn how to do an architecture site analysis.
You know that site analysis is important for your architecture project. So, you go to site with some friends. You take a sketchbook, your laptop and a few other tools, ready to analyse the site.
You arrive. Now what?
You stand around and chat for an hour then go home with a simple observation of the site. You get on google maps, draw the sun path, guess which way the wind was coming from and call it a day.
That is the extent of site analysis for a lot of us. Architecture site analysis might seem like a pointless task we do just to “tick the box”. But, as I have just discovered from my studio 7 project, it’s not only really helpful, but essential and the first step to building up a great sketch design and architecture project. If you complete a site analysis just to “tick the box” - you are setting yourself up for failure and leaving out a lot of key details that will help assist you in progressing your design forward.
My name is Kyle. I am going to show you how to do a complete architecture site analysis that will form the foundation of your projects.
As mentioned, I have just completed a site analysis for my studio 7 project. This was a task set out for the course, the first assessment being a site analysis. I think the assessment was structured extremely well. It was structured linearly, as in a step-by-step process that you can replicate for any project.
The first step of site analysis is about finding the limitations to the site, for example, the sun that goes in a set direction. These are the constraints. The things you cannot change that you need to work around or work with. That is really important. Because after you find all the limitations and constraints, the next step is finding how you can take some of those aspects and use them to initiate some design ideas. We call these the “site moves”.
The site moves are built upon from the initial site analysis. You are taking 2-3 key limitations about the site and using them to come up with small design ideas that you can implement to the site.
The third step to site analysis is spatially organising the programs set out in the brief. What are the spaces required by the client? How do they connect to each other physically, visually and audibly? This step involves diagramming the programs in relation to each other using a mind map. To take it a step further, you can overlay this map over the top of your site in a plan drawing. This will help you understand where the different programs will go in relation to each other, but on the actual site.
The final step to site analysis is finding precedents that can influence your design. This is similar to the site moves step. It is not just an inspiration board or searching on pinterest. Find built projects that have previously been built and take as many key ideas you can away from them. Draw them out yourself and consider you can use them in your project. This might be materials, spatial strategies, little moments in the building that you like.
And there you have it. That’s how you successfully start an architecture project by doing a complete site analysis.
Good luck!
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I was so confused on what my lecturer actually needed and she isn't very good at expressing it herself
This cleared up so much
I now know exactly what I have to do.
Thanks!
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Glad it helped! You've got this :)
I'm quite close to my deadline after such drawing and sketches my professor just told me, I'm wrong and I should start from begging which is site analysis , don't know why I'm terrified but I will continue to the best my ability , thanks for your videos it was quiet clear and helpful :)
Good luck Harry! You’ve got this
Sooo what happened?
Update Please
It's been a year now man.
Are you Arch. Harry already?
Harry i know these follow up questions can be a lot of pressure. Either case i hope you are doing well man! Im close to my deadline now and i hope i pass too. My prof said my design needs to be justified!!! And my site analysis part is lacking!!
Best instructions ever on conducting a site analysis.
Thanks heaps Richard
as a student, i always come back to this video when i'm stuck. thank you for this very helpful and FREE content. keep it up!
Thanks a lot! I’m glad you find it helpful. I appreciate your kind words :)
Thank you so much for these videos! As an interior designer nobody teaches you how to do site analysis in a professional setting and this has been great tips!
thank you so much for being this resourceful, and full of good advice, and kindness! it really helps to hear the crit you've received from your professors as well. i love how you're so full of enthusiasm to take us on your learning journey with you. it's very valuable, and the work you do is admirable.
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. I appreciate you!
Thanks so much for the video -I'm glad I didn't see this video after years .I had encountered the problem you stated at the start of the video-and thanks for sharing a way of making site analysis interesting and helpful.
Glad it helped, thanks for watching
I never thought that so many information could come from just site analysis! I am so glad that I now know how to fully utilize the information I gathered from a site analysis. Sadly, our instructors never taught us the importance of site analysis or how to use it properly. They only told us to do it and get it out of our way. But after watching your videos, I think I can improve a lot of my future designs, and I can’t wait to take what I learned from you and implement it into my work! Thank you so much, Kyle! You are such an amazing teacher, and I can’t wait to learn more from you. Keep up the videos for us architects!
I loved watching this video. Thanks a lot Kyle. My design lecturers won't teach us much about what we're really to do, just a design brief and a deadline for our jury. Thanks again.
You're so welcome! Thanks for tuning in. Hope to see you around the channel
Our teachers dont give critics either. Wish me luck
@@buseb910 Sorry about that. And good luck b 🤗
Hey, i'm talking from Brazil, i'm doing a Learning Center for Deafs based on DeafSpace concepts. Right now i'm doing my analysis site, and your video was so great! I loved! I'm inscribed
That's awesome! Thanks for watching and I hope your project is going well :)
Bro! Your channel is gold. I have a BSc in Planning and Design (not architecture😢) but all this information is just refreshing and takes me back into memory lane.
This is actually really helpful...most of us are confused about such things and just can't find a way out and I get stuck...this is very informative... thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
although I'm a bit late, I would like to thank you for this bunch of information. I learned a lot and I became more confident about what I should do with my site analysis. Thanks bro.
Glad you found it helpful Rohainne! Thanks for watching
I'm in the very beginning of my school project and this video pops up just at the right time. Thank you!
Glad to hear, thanks a lot!
what an incredible video. have a site analysis to do for uni of newcastle 3rd year project. you're going places bro, its your passion and interest that stands out.
Thank you so much George! Appreciate the kind comment. Good luck with your project
omg I needed this!!
That's a great reasoning and really good video for architecture students and architects, great job!
Thank you very much!
Thanks a lot, i'm on my second year in uni and i needed this to know and get a grasp of what i'm supposed to do. You're the best ❣❤❤
Glad I could help! Thanks for watching Meroua
Thanks for likes and comment, you can write me on my email address Moshesafdie91@gmail.com
Thank you.Really helpful
Love your take on architecture! Learned a lot :)
Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it.
Just the best - total fan. Think you would make a great lecturer. Clear succinct and to the point.
Thank you so much Helen! I really appreciate that.
I'm glad I watched this before I actually go for a site visit. Thank you! Our professors just keep saying do a site analysis without actually teaching us how to do it when we are actually there.
I know the struggle! Glad you found the video helpful, thanks a lot
Yes my notification has finally wokr properly. I learn a lots . Thank u💞
Glad to hear! Thanks for watching as always! :D
Your Videos are awesome , I also like your Room Setup , the Drums and all
Glad you like it! Cheers
Thanks for sharing this! Awesome.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
thanks kyle, you have just made me take back my deferment form. 81 days until i end school and attain my diploma. I CAN DO THIS
Damn straight you can do this!! Thanks for watching Oli and good luck
Very helpful thanks 😊
zuppss brooo!! the last work you've said was the soul of architecture, you really catch my attention and it inspired me to start my site analysis for my thesis, thank you so much!
Happy to hear that! Cheers Joseph good luck
Bro, Thank you for this video man! I'm in my 2nd Semester and didn't know where to start... Legend!
You're so welcome! Glad it helped Beau
Amazing and very helpful. Since you started with the site analysis!! Can you please do part 2,3,4 for the next steps of preparing for a project. Like precedents, research, conceptual approach, plans and etc. that would be even more helpful
Thanks Aya! That's a great idea. I already have a few similar videos out, on finding concepts, drawing sketch plans etc but I think the next one will be on precedents. Cheers :)
@@kylesinko 🙌🏻🙌🏻
really love this content!!
Thanks a lot! I'll be sure to make more of it.
Thank you for letting me know I wasted all my previous site visits (just pictures, topos, materials, sun, accessibility). But seriously, great tips!
Hahaha, don't worry, we all do the same thing! Thanks for watching :)
Thank You sir this help me alot
absolutly amazing and helpful!👍
Glad you think so! Cheers Liel
Great informative content. Sure to help me through my Landscape Architecture studies. Watching from Kenya
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Derrick :)
Very Helpful. Thanks
Glad to hear! Cheers
Thanks man. helps a lot
Glad to hear! Cheers
This is so helpful as a fresh arki student
It’s very helpful. Thank you so much.
Thanks a lot, really glad you found it helpful
Amazing content, love your videos!
Thank you very much!
Thanks for your likes and comment, you can write me on my email address moshesafdie91@gmail.com
This is super useful! Thanks
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching
This video is very helpful. Thank you I learnt a lot for this.
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome.
literally in 1st sem and already loving it ;) thanks sir
Glad to hear Sarry, keep going!
your channel is my favorite
Thank you so much!
May God bless you man, keep up with the good work 🙏🙏
Thank you so much! You too
oh my god. your videos are so helpful?!
a course full of good pieces of information that will help us well, thank u so mush for that u deserve a million subscribes
Thank you so much!
awesome bro........ love all of ur contents!!
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you
Great video!!!!! Thank u soo much
You are so welcome!
Very well explained!
Glad you think so! Thanks
THANKS MAN!
Out professor didn't teach us how to do site analysis, this video's really helpful.
Glad it helped, thanks!
that was helpful thank u so much
Glad it helped!
Thank you☺️Learnt alot
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Yande
Awesome, i was so confused to what to do and what not to, nd ur video helped a lot to clear them off, thanks a lot for such a good explanation keep up make more of such videos for us students hehe
Glad it helped! And definitely will do :) Thanks!
Totally useful tips and maybe all of those tips are like common sense based maybe. Thanks a lot ❤ helpful Vid
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)
As always ❤️ the video
Thanks Rohith!
thanks for this video, as a 1st year student i lent alot and this video was very informative
Really glad to hear, thanks a lot
Thank you , this is helpfull for my project
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching
Thanks 🌹
You're welcome 😊
I love your shirt I'm a fan of pilini they are the best and your content is also great thank you for the insights
Hell yeah! Go Plini 🤘Thanks a lot for the kind comment
Great ...Hope you do one on concept development
Hey Josh, I actually do have one on concept development. Feel free to check it out: czcams.com/video/m_OFeEUTSxc/video.html
Really helpful 👍
Glad to hear. Thanks for watching!
Nothing is more accurate than the first 45 seconds lmao and btw great video!!!!!!
Oh I know 😂😂😭 Thanks so much :D
That was me literally 48 hours ago and here I am 😀
Very helpful man
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching
Thank you.
My pleasure!
i love this video
Thank you!
That's Great lecture.I believed that every archi.students should follow this lecture
Glad you think so! Thanks Aziz
And construction managers
Very helpful thnx
Glad to hear, cheers
Great video and I have learned a lot from it 👏🏻👏🏻, Can u put the presentation U’re using down in the distribution box, I was trying to read ur comments on each step u did, but I couldn’t because it was blurry to zoom into it.
Thanks a lot Menat! I can't unfortunately, as it's a university project and there's issues around copyright/plagiarism. Sorry, but hopefully what I shared in the video has helped you out! Cheers
Hey Kyle, great video. What was the program you used to determinate the sun path and predominant winds?
Thanks Arthur! It was a simple google search. "[Location] sun path / [Location] wind rose". There are a lot of weather sites that provide this information in graphs/diagrams. Hope this helps.
Thank you for uploading this video. I learned a lot
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching
Thank you all the way from syria
You're most welcome! Cheers
@@kylesinko thank you bro im trying to do things the right way but time isn't on my side ..anyways keep it up 💪❤
HI, THANKS. BUT I THINK, EVERY EACH ANALYSIS HAS A CONCLUSION WE CALLED PARTI DIAGRAMS.
Hello. I found your video very helpful. I was wondering if you could advise where to go to learn about wind direction and sun-tracking for a project. Thanks in advance.
Thanks a lot! For wind direction, in Australia I refer to the Bureau of Meteorology. A simple google search for "wind direction Adelaide.." or wherever can find good sites. For sun tracking, A great way is through modelling software with geolocating tools like Sketchup or Revit. Otherwise, a sun diagram can be found online too by searching "sun diagram Adelaide" etc.
Good content
Thanks Maheswar!
Heyyy appreciate your vid!! Just wanna know what pen are u using to color the site analysis?
Thanks Chris! For my drawings I use alcohol based sketch markers to colour.
Very informative video Kyle, good job! How do you find architecture school so far?
Thank you Xavier! I have just come to the end of my 5 years. It's been an incredible journey and I've grown immensely as a person.
Thank you for this video it was really helpfull. But I have a qustion .So how you find the direction of the wind ?
Thanks Mirela. This can be found by searching for "[Location] wind rose." For example, in this project I searched for the suburb wind rose on google.
God bless you👁
Could you do a vid of architecture vs interior design.
Thanks
Sure! I've wanted to do that for awhile, just wasn't sure if anyone wanted to see it :p
I absolutely loved your sheet, Can I know in which year did you make it??
Thanks! This was a third year project
@@kylesinko what software did you use for it as I have a project due and I have little skills when acuttally doing board designs
Hii! what tools did you use in getting the wind direction? The one in 2:44 mins, Thanks!!
Do you know or have any websites that you use to find the wind direction and/or sun path?
sun-direction.com seems like a good one for sun paths. Your local weather site will provide a wind direction analysis too. Just search up "wind direction [location]". Hope that helps!
how can we get the wind rose information around the world ? anyone know about that ?
Can i know which software use for solar path and win path ?
👍
What website di you use for the wind rose diagram?
I usually find searching on google. No specific site
While I credit your idea. I really doubt planning would allow a primary entrance to be off the reserve. Please don’t take this as criticism; I’m just a planner with a different take on the site analysis.
hey thanks so much but how about that cheklist can u share it with us thank you soooo much
My pleasure! And I’m sorry, which checklist are you referring to?
Hello, I just want to ask how did you make the map? I'm asked to do a Site analysis for my homework but I want to start with a nice picture of the map in TOP VIEW, just like how you portray your site on the map. Right now I only know google maps or google earth, but taking a screenshot from them doesn't produce any aesthetic unlike yours. Hope you can make a video of it or comment down what process or application you used T_T
Thank you!!
Check out my site plan course for photoshop: czcams.com/play/PL8evaQZnDGAf4etP0dRlNyykNwBvZvdjv.html
It walks your through the process to creating that site map :)
@@kylesinko tysm!!
tell me why i am also in studio 7 and relying on you 🧐
Because there's always something to learn from others :D Good luck with studio
Hey dear frd...i am currently working on my thesis project my topic is yoga training institute...so please make a tutorial on how to make thesis portfolio from start to help...as soon as possible...it will help me a lot please please
Hi Neha. I haven't done this myself so it might be difficult to make a video on it. I'm probably not the best person for that. Best of luck though!
does anyone know when making those site analysis boards what software is best for that like is it adobe indesign that is being used?
I use In Design for documents/presentations/folios like the one shown. If I'm just doing a couple graphics or illustrations I'll use photoshop/illustrator.
@@kylesinko so when making the site analysis the site map was that previously like that with the tree etc or was that edited by yourself
Also I very much appreciate your response
I’m currently using indesign for my architectural portfolio and just want it look as professional as possible but my Adobe skills are lacking
Your videos have been great help for it 👍🏾
keyboard instead of the draw tool
Today i did my first site assessment and analysis and it was really bad 🤣
Haha hopefully this video helped! Best wishes
why are the good tutorials the one you can barely hear
Have you tried turning up the volume?
This is bullocks. What uni did he go to? 😅
UniSA, I hope it's not bullocks 🤣