The solar block generator: An additive parametric method for solar driven urban block design

Jonathan Natanian; Francesco de Luca; Thomas Wortmann; Isaac Guedi Capeluto

doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012049

The solar block generator: An additive parametric method for solar driven urban block design

Jonathan Natanian, Francesco de Luca, Thomas Wortmann, Isaac Guedi Capeluto

Architecture and Town Planning

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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This paper addresses the limitations of existing Solar Envelope (SE) methods to explore the trade-offs of solar radiation and urban shading, and to simultaneously account for several different Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It offers an alternative parametric workflow - the Solar Block Generator (SBG) - which is based on an additive voxelization method by which multiple solar-driven massing alternatives are generated and evaluated for a given site, corresponding to a set of user-defined environmental KPIs. This method is tested here on an urban redevelopment case study in the Mediterranean (Tel Aviv). The results help achieve a more holistic approach for solar driven urban design.

Original language	English
Article number	012049
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	2042
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2042/1/012049
State	Published - 18 Nov 2021
Event	2021 International Hybrid Conference on Carbon Neutral Cities - Energy Efficiency and Renewables in the Digital Era, CISBAT 2021 - Lausanne, Virtual, Switzerland Duration: 8 Sep 2021 → 10 Sep 2021

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