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Article
Optimization Design of Open Space Based on Microclimate and Behavior in China
Author(s)
Zhiming Guo1, Tsuyoshi Setoguchi1, Norihiro Watanabe1 and Ke Huo2
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.07.001
Affiliation(s)
1. Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan;
2. JangHo Architecture College, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110-169, China
ABSTRACT
Traditionally, microclimate, behavior and space design are characterized
by a separation among climatologists, behavior researchers and designers. It is
also unrealizable to apply the research results to the space design because of
the gap created by the interdisciplinarity. In addition, although the
relationships among space form, urban microclimate and people are intuitively
understood, there are still not reasonable predictions on how a space affects
the microclimate, and how the microclimate and space will affect people’s
sensation and behavior. By recording the microclimate and people’s responses, this
paper discusses the relationship between people’s sensation and microclimate as
well as people’s behavior and open space in a busy downtown pedestrian street
during hot summer. The research finds that shade plays a crucial role
in outdoor comfort. All of the other objectively comfortable and acceptable
microclimates differ significantly different shade situation. Simultaneously,
space contradiction can be considered an essential factor for spatial
utilization. This paper also provides proposal on canyon open space design
based on this case study.
KEYWORDS
Activities, outdoor comfort, urban design, street canyon, northern city.
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