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Hindi Research Article
Study on Integrated Design Workflow for Natural Ventilated Tropical Office Building Using CFD
Hyeong-Ill Kim*National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
- *Corresponding Author:
- Hyeong-Ill Kim
National University of Singapore
4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
Tel: +65-6601 2549
E-mail: akikhi@nus.edu.sg
Received Date: September 19, 2016; Accepted Date: September 22, 2016; Published Date: September 26, 2016
Citation: Kim H (2016) Study on Integrated Design Workflow for Natural Ventilated Tropical Office Building Using CFD. J Archit Eng Tech 5: 170. doi: 10.4172/2168-9717.1000170
Copyright: © 2016 Kim H. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
In this study, the integration of natural ventilation techniques is proposed as a solution to the problems of tall office buildings in tropic. Issues such as the over reliance on active systems as well as urban heat island effect, developed with the evolution of these glass box buildings. It is an issue that requires a paradigm shift in perspectives when it comes to designing for sustainability.
This proposed methodology presents the application of CFD, which was predominantly an engineering tool, for modelling wind environmental conditions around a variety of building configurations. Using the software CRADLE by scStream, the simulations of the iterations can be illustrated through visual interpretations of air temperature, surface temperature, pressure difference, and wind velocity around a single building or flow between multiple buildings. Building forms will be optimized in more aerodynamic, in which CFD acted as a quantitative tool to justify how wind was able to flow through and around the form without losing much speed, or being deflected in opposing directions. These were hence the transformation techniques used in “sculpting” an optimized form for the proposed NV office tower block.
