SITE ANALYSIS MAIN GENERAL FEATURES & ELEMENTS

Numerous elements go into a given site analysis. These elements include location,
neighborhood context, site and zoning, legal elements, natural physical features, man-made
features, circulation, utilities, sensory, human and cultural, and climate components. The
following elements typically are considered in most sites:

Location : The site should be related to major streets or landmarks previously

existing. Aerial photographs help in this assessment stage. There should be documentation
of distances and time from major places. This should be completed by either driving or
walking the distance first-hand.

Neighborhood context : Zoning of the neighborhood is important and information of this

type can typically be found at the municipal planning department of the site. Numerous
issues at this stage require direct observation. Features of this sort include architectural
patterns, street lighting, and condition of existing buildings. This would also include the
immediate surroundings of the site.The reaction of the surrounding buildings towards the
site and people moving around should be analysed. Other important components of the
neighbourhood context include an analysis of existing paths (pedestrian, cyclist, and
vehicle), landmarks and nodes. Landmarks are distinctive sites that provide way-finding for
people in the area, and which define the character of a neighbourhood. Nodes are key
public gathering places that encourage people to linger and socialize.

Size and zoning : Site boundaries can be located by either verifying the dimensions
physically or contacting the county tax assessors office. Zoning classifications, set-backs,
height restrictions, allowable site coverage, uses, and parking requirements are obtained by
obtaining zoning classifications from a zoning map, which can be located from the city
planning department.

Infrastructure, social, and political boundaries.

Legal : Typical legal information can be obtained from the deed to the property. The deed is
held by the owner of the title insurance company. In this deed is information such as the
property description, present ownership, and the governmental jurisdiction the site is
located in, and the city or county.

Natural physical features : Most of this information will be derived from the topographic
features on the site. A contour map of this magnitude can be located from the
survey engineer. Drainage problems as well as existing natural features of trees, ground
cover, ground texture, and soil conditions on the site should be directly observed.

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 Man made features : Features located on the site such as buildings, walls, fences, patios,
plazas, bus stop shelters should be noted. The site and location of such features should be
directly measured. Documentation of existing historical districts should be made, some of
which may already have reports completed. Locating this information can be done through
the municipal planning department for the site.

Circulation : The uses of streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, and plazas are important in this
inventory step. It is not necessarily an analysis of these elements but more an analysis of
what occurs on these circulation gateways.

Utilities : Information for utilities concerning the site can be found through the utility
departments and companies in the local area. Generally this company has a print of the
drawing of this information needed. Information in this print includes the location of all
utilities and their locations around or on the site itself.

Sensory : Much of the sensory information collected will be done through first hand
experience. This type of information is obtained from sketching and photographs
(sometimes aerial photographs). Direct observation of other sensory elements of noise,
odors, smoke, and pollutant areas must also be completed.

Human and cultural : This information can be obtained through census statistics on the
neighborhood. Information regarding these statistics is available from the local municipal
planning agency. This information includes activities among people on the site and their
relationships to these activities.
Climate : This information can be obtained through the local weather service. Conditions
such as rainfall, snowfall, humidity, and temperature over months must be considered and
analyzed. The sun-path and vertical sun angles throughout an entire year are important to
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SITE ANALYSIS Brijee, Sarajevo
Location
The site is located in Sarajevo's settlement Brijee north highland part of Canton of
Sarajevo. The site occupies a large amount of space around 15.000 m2 according to the
regulation plan proposed for football recreations and other activities. The site is close to the
main street which is leading toward Rajlovac settlement on south, surrounded on north-west by
Brezanska street and on the north-east by Izet Kari's Street. From this site location to the
major Sarajevo's landmarks and downtown it's taking about 15-20 minutes by driving.

Neighbourhood context
According to the regulation plan the site, proposed for football stadium, has fairly good
position by taking into a consideration the orientation towards streets and people, but on the
other hand not so attractive neighbourhood since there is no any landmark or node in the
vicinity, which means that this part of site location needs to play that role in Brijee
community.

Currently, the site is not utilized at all which proves that it's mosty crowded and covered with
weed and briars. Apparently, the people are using the pathways that they built through the
site in order to come up to their houses or to some other target places.

Size and Zoning

Size of the site is approximately 15.000 m2 by measuring green area zones and path zones.
According to the municipal planning department this site is limited by the height restrictions of
the buildings and other structures. According to the proposed regulation plan the site will
provide commercial zone around the sport activities particularly restaurant with G+2 floors on
south side and caffe with same G+2 floors on the north side. The rest of the of space proposed
for commercial zone will be available to take only G+1 floor and within comprised zone the
individual objects are planned to be included with G+3 and G+2 floors. The site within the
planned and restricted zone includes sport activities (3 futsal stadiums and 2 tennis stadiums),
restaurant, caffe as well as free space, as midspace between sport and commercial, and green
zones. The coverage of the building construction area shouldn't exceed the area kept for
greenary zones and parking lots (provided 170 parking lots) properly planned in regulation plan.

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Natural physical features

Approximately 99% percent of whole site area is covered with greenery: grass, small trees and
bushes. As it is mentioned above, this site area is carelessly abondoned at the moment, which it
causes to the appearance of bushes, weed and high briars. Apparently the soil is pretty much
good and safe for future building construction on this site due to reason that the terrain is
conditionaly stable and for future cultivating of green areas.

Man made features

As this site area immediately doesnt represent such a huge value in any context natural,
historical, social etc. it may be noted, by immediate observing this site area, that human actions
are very low in every sense. On the west side of this location there is only one substation or
station for supplying electricity for house-owners in this part of Brijee municipality. If we can
also exclude the man made pathways, then, there is nothing valuable in meaning of this kind of
features.

Circulation
As its previously mentioned in the section Location this site is very close to the main street
which is leading the very dense traffic toward Rajlovac and other settlements in vicinity as well
as towards remoted B&H's towns: Zenica, Travnik and Tuzla. So, in terms of that the access to
the site is facilitated for future primary and secondary usage. The traffic also is circulating on
the north-west by Brezanska street and on the north-east by Izet Kari's Street but in a quite
low traffic density, which these two roads are serving only for neighbourhood or near
surroundings. The pathways for pedestrians onto these three streets are unfortunately
endangered beacause the current condition of the streets do not provide enough space for
human oscillating by their walking. Close to the site, on the main street, bus station is existing.

Sensory
Since the site has a such a position to be close to the main road and two secondary roads
where less or more vehicles are staging the expectancy of minor pollution of area or
appearance of cars smoke and noises that comes from them are nearly inevitable but its not
unusual anyway, because this site has importance for this community and actions that will
occur on it will not impact the future planned proposition. There is no any kind odor or similar
distracting things.

However, the infrastructure, as one of the urbanistic issue not only of this site but generally
for municipality of Brijee is undoubtedly one of the priorities that is needed to be taken.

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Climate
Sarajevo's climate exhibits influences of oceanic, humid continental and humid subtropical
zones, with four seasons and uniformly spread precipitation. The proximity of the Adriatic Sea
moderates Sarajevo's climate somewhat, although the mountains to the south of the city
greatly reduce this maritime influence The average yearly temperature is 13.5 C (56 F), with
January (0.5 C (32.9 F) avg.) being the coldest month of the year and July (22.0 C (71.6 F)
avg.) the warmest.

The highest recorded temperature was 40.7 C (105 F) on 19 August 1946, while the lowest
recorded temperature was 26.2 C (15.2 F) on 25 January 1942. On average, Sarajevo has 85
summer days per year (temperature greater than or equal to 30.0 C). The city typically
experiences mildly cloudy skies, with an average yearly cloud cover of 45%.

The cloudiest month is December (75% average cloud cover) while the clearest is August
(37%). Moderate precipitation occurs fairly consistently throughout the year, with an average
75 days of rainfall. Suitable climatic conditions have allowed winter sports to flourish in the
region, as exemplified by the Winter Olympics in 1984 that were celebrated in Sarajevo.
Sarajevo is very windy city. Avreage winds are 2848 km/h (1730 mph). Sarajevo has 2,173
hours of sunshine (20072010).