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An unbearable heat in the city that day lingers or infamous wind places you at the first signs of a storm rather avoid: the architect has an important influence on the weather in the city and would pay more attention to the microclimate, claims the Dutch landscape architect and urban Sanda Lenzholzer in her book "The weather in the city." doodles
You remember the London skyscraper cars melted it is a strong example of how architecture not only has a great visual impact on its surroundings. Even more, buildings are also partly responsible for the typical urban climate. Because of their shape, size and material
"There is not thought enough about the urban microclimate that we create our designs," says Sanda Lenzholzer, a researcher at the University of Wageningen, today in De Volkskrant.
"Everyone knows that there are temperature differences between city and country. Not everyone knows that the difference in warm nights can be up to ten degrees. In hot summers can be particularly troublesome, "the planning who thinks that architects doodles should think, for example by reference. Heat maps more to the experience in the immediate vicinity of the building
Lenzholzer complains that Dutch cities mainly focused on water issues, While pursuing not only the temperature but also the wind can cause big problems in the city. Their low position doodles They refer to the huge amount of trees that were felled in the center of Amsterdam during the late October storm. In some places near high buildings downwash effect can occur, sounds, which makes for a strong downward wind pressure.
Because of its findings and tips to write down in a book, "a handbook for anyone who Urban Planning has to do," Lenzholzer hopes that architects and urban planners no longer give the visual priority, but also discover the possibilities and limitations of the urban climate. doodles
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