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Morphology of Building Development as an Element of Urban Ventialtion System

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|Aug 2022

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Figure 1.

Scheme of the plan of Warsaw with aeration corridors; developed on the basis of [14]
Scheme of the plan of Warsaw with aeration corridors; developed on the basis of [14]

Figure 2.

Scheme of the ventilation tower (left) and the ventilation chimney (right); developed on the basis of [17]
Scheme of the ventilation tower (left) and the ventilation chimney (right); developed on the basis of [17]

Figure 3.

Plan of Cracow with aeration corridors (in blue) and a diagram of the operation of ventilation towers (circulation is marked with arrows), and the potential location of ventilation chimneys (marked with black circles); developed on the basis of [15, 17]
Plan of Cracow with aeration corridors (in blue) and a diagram of the operation of ventilation towers (circulation is marked with arrows), and the potential location of ventilation chimneys (marked with black circles); developed on the basis of [15, 17]

Figure 4.

Scheme of operation of the smog tower in New Delhi; developed on the basis of [18]
Scheme of operation of the smog tower in New Delhi; developed on the basis of [18]

Figure 5.

Diagram of aeration corridors operation with hot north-westerly winds (top left) and cooler east winds (bottom left); ventilation diagram of the space between buildings (right); developed on the basis of [3]
Diagram of aeration corridors operation with hot north-westerly winds (top left) and cooler east winds (bottom left); ventilation diagram of the space between buildings (right); developed on the basis of [3]

Figure 6.

Diagram of the wind flow through the structure of quarter buildings in Jätkäsaari; developed on the basis of [3]
Diagram of the wind flow through the structure of quarter buildings in Jätkäsaari; developed on the basis of [3]

Spatial features and elements that influence urban ventilation processes, along with sources in the literature; a study by the authors

 Spatial feature/elementModelLiterature
1Aeration corridors (aerosani tary corridors)Daniels, K. (1998), Błazejczyk K., Kuchcik M., Milewski P. and others (2014), Mabon L, Kondo K., Kanekiyo H., Hayabuchi Y., Yamaguchi A. (2019)
2Orientation of the street layoutGandemer J. (1978), Oke T.R.(1988), Bottema M. (1993), Daniels K. (1998), Krautheim, M., Pasel, R., Pfeiffer, S.,&Schultz-Granberg, J. (2014)
3Compactness, formation of closed interiorsHussain M., Lee B. E. (1980), Oke T. (1988),Bottema M. (1993), Daniels, K. (1998),Krautheim, M., Pasel, R., Pfeiffer, S.,&Schultz-Granberg, J. (2014)
4Building development porosityPriyadarsini R., Wong N.H. (2005), Krautheim, M., Pasel, R., Pfeiffer, S. &Schultz-Granberg, J. (2014), Yuan C. (2018)
5Forms that support vertical ventilation - chimneys, towersPriyadarsini R., Wong N.H. (2005), Flaga A., (2018), Guttikunda S, Jawahar P (2020)

Synthesis of the analysis of 5 cities in terms of ventilation strategies that take advantage from the building development shape; C – conditions, S – solutions; a study by the authors

CityWarsawCracowNew DehliMasdar CityHelsinki - Jätkäsaari
CClimateContinental humidContinental humidSubtropicalhumidDesertContinental humid
Area517 km2327 km21483 km26 km20.68 km2
Population1.8 mln0.8 mln26 mln0.05 mln0.018 mln
Erectionprocessgradualgradualgradualfrom scratchfrom scratch
MainconcernUHI, smogsmog, UHIsmogUHI, smogUHI, smog
SCorridors++-+-
Direction---++
Compactness---++
Porosity---++
Verticalelements-+++-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acee-2022-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 71 - 81
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 10, 2022
Published on: Aug 9, 2022
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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