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Figure 7. The idea of the further design of the case study site incorporating fluid rchitecture. The eventual design will pick up on the wind-optimized urban configuration and introduce fluid architectural shapes into the concept. Their function as a windcatcher and a sun shading system will be examined and evaluated closely employing CFD Grasshopper plug-ins (Figure 7).

Figure 7 The idea of the further design of the case study site incorporating fluid rchitecture. The eventual design will pick up on the wind-optimized urban configuration and introduce fluid architectural shapes into the concept. Their function as a windcatcher and a sun shading system will be examined and evaluated closely employing CFD Grasshopper plug-ins (Figure 7).

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Figure 1. The wind rose for the city of Kosice, Slovakia, generated through Grasshopper - Ladybug. Northerly winds are prevailing 33.46% of the time, with speec > 5 m/s 12.87 % of the year. Kosice, a 250 thousand inhabitants city in eastern Slovakia, is picked as a case study site. An area of 2.5 x 2.5 km is selected, and the existing wind situation is analyzed employing the said tools. The simulations are performed for northerly winds, which are prevailing in Kosice (Figure 1). The wind data for Kosice are obtained from the EnergyPlus web database (EnergyPlus, 2021).
Figure 1. The wind rose for the city of Kosice, Slovakia, generated through Grasshopper - Ladybug. Northerly winds are prevailing 33.46% of the time, with speec > 5 m/s 12.87 % of the year. Kosice, a 250 thousand inhabitants city in eastern Slovakia, is picked as a case study site. An area of 2.5 x 2.5 km is selected, and the existing wind situation is analyzed employing the said tools. The simulations are performed for northerly winds, which are prevailing in Kosice (Figure 1). The wind data for Kosice are obtained from the EnergyPlus web database (EnergyPlus, 2021).
Figure 2. InFraRed wind speed prediction (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s).
Figure 2. InFraRed wind speed prediction (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s).
Table 1. Procedural Compute CFD settings.
Table 1. Procedural Compute CFD settings.
Figure 3. Procedural Compute result processed in Paraview Web Visualizer (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 13 m/s).
Figure 3. Procedural Compute result processed in Paraview Web Visualizer (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 13 m/s).
Figure 4. Left: InFraRed wind speed prediction of Zone 1 (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s). Right: The output of Butterfly CFD calculation (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s).
Figure 4. Left: InFraRed wind speed prediction of Zone 1 (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s). Right: The output of Butterfly CFD calculation (blue color = 0 m/s, red color = 10 m/s).
Figure 5. The map of the design site. Source of the map: Google Earth
Figure 5. The map of the design site. Source of the map: Google Earth
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