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Urban-Design Process with Snow and Wind Simulations: A Study on the Kitami City Hall
Author(s)
Norihiro Watanabe1, Tsuyoshi Setoguchi1, Shota Yokoyama1, Zhiming Guo1 and Takuya Tsutsumi2
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2017.02.001
Affiliation(s)
1. Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
2. Northern Regional Building Research Institute, Hokkaido Research Organization, Asahikawa 078-8801, Japan
ABSTRACT
Regional climatic conditions should be considered
while designing urban development plans, with special attention to the impact of snowfall
on public spaces in cities with harsh winters. The Kitami-city-hall-renewal
project in Hokkaido, Japan was studied as an environmental assessment of snow
drifting. Assessments of the two site plans proposed during the architectural
planning process (A-type and B-type) were conducted in terms of the following
three items: (1) The two site plans
indicate snow-drifting problems around the main entrance; (2) More number of local
snowdrifts on the main-street sidewalks were suggested in the B-type design; (3) Less number of
snowdrifts in the parking area beside the railroad were indicated in the A-type
design. These results were reflected in the architectural planning process. On
the basis of this study, a desirable design process incorporating environmental
assessments has been identified for cities with harsh winters.
KEYWORDS
Winter cities, snow simulations, wind tunnel, urban design, environmental assessments.
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