Develop a site-responsive orientation strategy integrating topography, sun, wind, drainage, access, views, shading, thermal comfort, and buildability.
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Act as an experienced residential architect specializing in climate-responsive site planning and passive design.
Develop a preliminary site, topography, and passive solar orientation model using the information below.
Project location and climate:
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Survey and topography:
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Solar and weather data:
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Access, views, vegetation, and neighboring context:
{{site_context}}
Residential program:
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Project constraints:
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Analysis requirements:
1. Summarize slope, contours, high and low points, drainage, soils, vegetation, access, utilities, views, noise, privacy, neighboring buildings, and hazards.
2. Distinguish verified survey information from assumptions.
3. Analyze seasonal and daily solar exposure.
4. Analyze likely wind, humidity, heat, cold, glare, rainfall, and storm exposure using supplied data.
5. Develop at least three siting and orientation options.
6. Evaluate each option for cut and fill, retaining, foundations, drainage, access gradient, solar exposure, shading, daylight, ventilation, outdoor comfort, views, privacy, hazard exposure, vegetation impact, construction access, and maintenance.
7. Recommend orientation for major spaces based on climate and time of use rather than a universal rule.
8. Develop solar-control measures using overhangs, fins, screens, vegetation, glazing proportions, insulation, thermal mass, roof form, courtyards, and seasonal adaptability.
9. Develop a natural-ventilation strategy addressing inlet, outlet, cross-flow, stack effect, pressure zones, and secure night ventilation where feasible.
10. Preserve natural drainage patterns where possible.
11. Identify conflicts among views, privacy, solar gain, wind, access, excavation, and cost.
12. Create a site decision matrix.
13. Do not invent survey levels, climate data, soil capacity, sun angles, wind speeds, hazard zones, or setbacks.
14. Do not certify energy, geotechnical, drainage, structural, or code performance.
15. Flag survey, geotechnical, civil, structural, landscape, energy, fire, flood, environmental, and authority review requirements.
Present the result as:
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Include:
- site evidence summary;
- topography and drainage analysis;
- climate and solar analysis;
- three siting options;
- comparison matrix;
- recommended orientation;
- solar-control and ventilation strategies;
- access and grading considerations;
- hazard considerations;
- unresolved data; and
- validation checklist.Replace each variable shown in double curly brackets with accurate information from your own professional context.
{{project_location}}
Example: Provide city, latitude if known, climate zone, altitude, and seasonal conditions.
Passive strategies must be climate specific.
{{survey_topography}}
Example: Provide contours, levels, slope direction, boundaries, easements, drainage, and existing features.
Use a verified survey where available.
{{climate_data}}
Example: Provide sun paths, temperature, humidity, wind, rainfall, storm, and seasonal comfort data.
Use sourced data and record dates or climate normals.
{{site_context}}
Example: Describe roads, utilities, views, noise, trees, adjacent buildings, privacy, and hazards.
Site context may override idealized solar orientation.
{{residential_program}}
Example: List rooms, floor area, outdoor spaces, parking, service areas, and desired relationships.
Orientation should support actual room use.
{{project_constraints}}
Example: Provide budget, setbacks, height, excavation, heritage, environmental, and construction constraints.
Use verified project constraints.
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Choose the format needed for site appraisal or concept design.
A site-responsive study containing topography, drainage, climate, solar and wind analysis, three siting options, passive strategies, conflicts, unresolved data, and multidisciplinary validation needs.
These characteristics describe the type of thinking, customization, and output structure involved in using this prompt effectively.
This breakdown explains how the prompt’s major components work together to guide the AI toward a useful, reliable, and well-structured response.
Positions the AI as a climate-responsive site-planning architect.
Defines location, survey, climate, context, program, and constraints.
Requires multi-option siting and passive environmental analysis.
Prevents invented survey, climate, soil, hazard, performance, and compliance claims.
Requires evidence, options, matrices, orientation, strategies, conflicts, and validation.
Location, survey, climate, context, program, constraints, and output format.
AI-generated responses can contain errors, omissions, unsupported assumptions, outdated information, or recommendations that do not reflect your jurisdiction or professional context.
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