Dr. Ji Zhang

Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS)

National University of Singapore

 

Title

Meso scale urban environmental performance evaluation in high density urban context

 

 

Abstract

Urban environmental performance evaluation is critical regarding the strategies to achieve urban sustainability. It is a particularly crucial implementation on the urban meso-scale in the early stage of urban planning and urban design before detailed architectural designs are finalized. It is different from macro-scale analysis of urban planning strategies which could be difficult to be translated to downstream design options and micro-scale analysis of building design solutions which could be constrained by upstream planning conditions. This study reviews the status quo of the research on meso-scale urban performance evaluation in different domains. It will also highlight the implementation of an integrated workflow through several research cases regarding the implication to facilitate performance-driven urban and architectural design explorations.