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Smart Architecture and Urban Design

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2019) | Viewed by 12870

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Prof. Dr. Yupeng Wang

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School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
Interests: green building design; building simulation; building energy; urban heat island; sustainable urban development
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Dr. Liyang Fan

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Nikken Sekkei Research Institute, Mitsuwa Ogawamachi Bldg. 3F-7-1 Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Special Issue Information

Architectural design and urban development is having a huge effect on the current living environment. Facing to environmental challenges such as the depletion of natural resources, the deterioration of indoor and outdoor air quality, human thermal comfort, and an aging society, architects and urban designers are required to create designs that combine related technologies. From the perspective of smart architectural design, research related to sustainable building evaluation and technology development are focusing on individual buildings. For smart urban design, the environmental effects of building layout and building facade design, as well as vegetation, should be evaluated. Therefore, smart development has to be implemented with consideration and discussion at various levels and points in the process of urban expansion.


The aim of this Special Issue entitled Smart Architecture and Urban Design is to gather research that addresses comprehensive environmental problems and seeks to break the barriers between different design fields.


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Keywords

  • Smart urban planning and evaluation
  • Urban climate change
  • Urban vegetation
  • Urban transportation
  • Urban heat emission
  • Smart building design and evaluation
  • Indoor environmental evaluation
  • Building energy consumption
  • Building insulation
  • Green roof

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Simulation and Analysis of Road Traffic Noise among Urban Buildings Using Spatial Subdivision-Based Beam Tracing Method
by Haibo Wang, Ming Cai and Hongjun Cui
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(14), 2491; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142491 - 12 Jul 2019
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In order to realize the simulation and evaluation of road traffic noise among urban buildings, a spatial subdivision-based beam-tracing method is proposed in this study. First, the road traffic source is divided into sets of point sources and described with the help of [...] Read more.
In order to realize the simulation and evaluation of road traffic noise among urban buildings, a spatial subdivision-based beam-tracing method is proposed in this study. First, the road traffic source is divided into sets of point sources and described with the help of vehicle emission model. Next, for each pair of source and receiver, spatial subdivision-based beam-tracing method is used in noise paths generation. At last, noise distribution can be got by noise calculation of all receivers considering the complex transmission among urban buildings. A measurement experiment with a point source is carried out to validate the accuracy of the method; the 0.8 m height and 2.5-m height average errors are about 0.9 dB and 1.2 dB, respectively. Moreover, traffic noise analysis under different building layouts and heights are presented by case applications and conclusions can be reached: (1) Different patterns result in different noise distributions and patterns designed as self-protective can lead to an obvious noise abatement for rear buildings. Noise differences between the front and rear buildings are about 7–12 dB with different patterns. (2) Noise value might not show a linear variation along with the height as shielding of different layers is various in reality. Full article
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Microclimatic Impact Analysis of Multi-Dimensional Indicators of Streetscape Fabric in the Medium Spatial Zone
by Yunfang Jiang, Xuemei Han, Tiemao Shi and Danran Song
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(6), 952; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16060952 - 16 Mar 2019
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Different historical backgrounds and planning ideas have created different urban streetscape fabrics. The patterns of the streetscape fabric have affected urban microclimate factors and formed a unique local microclimate. This paper simulated the microclimatic effects in four study areas with different streetscape fabrics [...] Read more.
Different historical backgrounds and planning ideas have created different urban streetscape fabrics. The patterns of the streetscape fabric have affected urban microclimate factors and formed a unique local microclimate. This paper simulated the microclimatic effects in four study areas with different streetscape fabrics in Shanghai to compare the microclimatic conditions with a system of multi-dimensional street morphological indices using ENVI-met 4.3 software. At the street network fabric level, the results showed that streets with a south–north orientation, a small junction spacing, and a street network with better connectivity were conducive to mitigation of the air temperature heating intensity in the street space and improving the ventilation effect; at the street-site level: The indices of Build-to-line ratio (BL), Height-width ratio (H/W), and Sky view factors (SVF) played different roles that affected the distribution characteristics of the microclimate factors. The BL value of the streets between 0.5 and 0.8 generally had a positive relationship with the air temperature. The SVF value of the streets was positively correlated with the microclimate index, while the H/W values were negatively correlated with them. The morphological indicators of different levels also had a synergistic effect on the microclimatic impact of the street space fabric. This comparative analysis of microclimatic characteristics at the medium spatial scale will provide useful suggestions for urban climate adaptability in urban spatial morphology optimization in future urbanization development. Full article
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Finding the Optimal D/H Ratio for an Enclosed Urban Square: Testing an Urban Design Principle Using Immersive Virtual Reality Simulation Techniques
by Jaecheol Kim and Seungnam Kim
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(5), 865; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050865 - 9 Mar 2019
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Using immersive virtual reality (VR), this study examined the D/H ratio principle (where “D” means the depth or width of a public space and “H” means the height of its surrounding buildings.) that urban design theorists have suggested as an important design principle [...] Read more.
Using immersive virtual reality (VR), this study examined the D/H ratio principle (where “D” means the depth or width of a public space and “H” means the height of its surrounding buildings.) that urban design theorists have suggested as an important design principle for public spaces. The authors built VR models of eight enclosed urban public squares with different D/H ratios ranging from 1/3 to 6/1. They then carried out an experiment in the form of a visual assessment survey using the VR models with 69 university students majoring in urban planning and compared the optimal D/H ratios from the experimental results with those proposed by urban design theorists. The statistical analysis of the experimental results revealed that the optimal D/H ratios for most qualities of public squares are larger than the optimal ratios claimed by theorists. Full article
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