VR Enhanced Evaluation of Green Architecture in Hot Urban Environments
Disciplines
Environmental Design | Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Growing evidence in sustainable design research enhances our understanding of energy-efficient architectural applications and sustainable urban forms. The integration of emerging state-of-the-art technologies such as virtual reality not only improves the collaboration between architects, and sustainability experts but also offers reliable means to engage users in the design process in a more effective fashion, With the use of high-fidelity VR tools in architecture, the occupants can get a very realistic sense of the architectural spaces allowing researchers to assess occupant outcomes and perceptions systematically and reliably.
this study particularly focuses on hot and humid urban environments and aims to systematically evaluate the implications of green architectural features on environmental performance and also inquire about perceived qualities of resulting architectural atmospheres
By utilizing high-fidelity VR technology, subjects will be immersed in different pavilion designs that incorporate systematically varying green design features to maximize thermal comfort. The comparative analysis of the data collected from study participants will be utilized to assess how green design features focusing on thermal comfort can influence the formation of architectural atmospheres.
Overall, this study aims to enhance the understanding of the environmental and emotional dynamics of architecture in hot and humid urban environments through the integration of state-of-the-art tools in architecture. The findings of this research can help designers discover the link between occupants’ responses to their environment and energy-efficient design solutions while providing architects and urban planners with new tools for the development of sustainable and inspiring architectural atmospheres.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CACM - Architecture
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Selen Ocku
VR Enhanced Evaluation of Green Architecture in Hot Urban Environments
Growing evidence in sustainable design research enhances our understanding of energy-efficient architectural applications and sustainable urban forms. The integration of emerging state-of-the-art technologies such as virtual reality not only improves the collaboration between architects, and sustainability experts but also offers reliable means to engage users in the design process in a more effective fashion, With the use of high-fidelity VR tools in architecture, the occupants can get a very realistic sense of the architectural spaces allowing researchers to assess occupant outcomes and perceptions systematically and reliably.
this study particularly focuses on hot and humid urban environments and aims to systematically evaluate the implications of green architectural features on environmental performance and also inquire about perceived qualities of resulting architectural atmospheres
By utilizing high-fidelity VR technology, subjects will be immersed in different pavilion designs that incorporate systematically varying green design features to maximize thermal comfort. The comparative analysis of the data collected from study participants will be utilized to assess how green design features focusing on thermal comfort can influence the formation of architectural atmospheres.
Overall, this study aims to enhance the understanding of the environmental and emotional dynamics of architecture in hot and humid urban environments through the integration of state-of-the-art tools in architecture. The findings of this research can help designers discover the link between occupants’ responses to their environment and energy-efficient design solutions while providing architects and urban planners with new tools for the development of sustainable and inspiring architectural atmospheres.