Urban design wind simulation

3D Model

Small landscape features have significant impacts on wind regimes. Using high resolution lidar data as a precise measure of the urban environement enables a leap in wind simulation, in particular for near-ground analises for thermal comfort. Grey points represent the physical form; colored points represent the air at different wind speeds (0 to 2 m/s). The scenario is a combination of site measures with laser-scanning and manipulated geometry. This design is an assemblage from student proposals for the new Tanjong Pagar district in Singapore, produced at the ETH in the studio of Prof. Christophe Girot and at the SUTD in the studio of Prof. Joshua Comaroff and Dr. Philipp Urech by former students Sandrine Badoux, Niels Galitch, Kelly Man, Abhipsa Pal and Chan Wi Leen.

Paper by Philipp R.W.Urech, Muhammad Omer Mughal, Carlos Bartesaghi-Koc: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101731 Blog: https://www.nsl.ethz.ch/en/form-and-performance-in-shaping-urban-landscapes/