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Feasibility study

Meaning in architecture, with examples

nounCommon term

In architecture, feasibility study means: An early study that tests whether a project is possible and worthwhile on a given site, looking at planning rules, floor area, cost, brief and risks.

In Turkish: fizibilite etüdü, fizibilite çalışması, yapılabilirlik etüdü

How it is used

Clients and developers commission feasibility studies before buying land or starting design. Architects prepare them, usually with quick massing options and an area schedule showing how much floor space can be built.

Example sentences

  1. The feasibility study showed we could fit 40 flats on the site within the height limit.

  2. The developer asked us for a feasibility study before making an offer on the land.

Common collocations

  • carry out a feasibility study
  • feasibility stage
  • area schedule
  • feasibility report
  • briefA document that sets out what a building must provide: its uses, the list of spaces and their sizes, the budget, the schedule and the client's goals.
  • clientThe person or organisation that commissions a building project and pays the architect, such as a homeowner, developer, company or public authority.
  • floor area ratioThe total floor area of all storeys of a building divided by the area of its plot; a ratio of 2 means you can build twice the plot area in total.
  • massingThe overall three-dimensional shape and arrangement of a building's main volumes, without details such as windows or materials.
  • schematic designThe early design stage in which the architect develops the main layout, massing and character of a building from the brief, before detailed design begins.

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