Reimagining the urban Neighbourhood.

The design of urban neighbourhoods That contribute to micro

climates and support physical well being!!

My research will propose a framework for identifying and analyzing Micro climate moderators in Master
planning, public space design and architectonics level.

Micro climates: An urban micro climate is the distinctive climate in small scale urban area, and is
constituted by the influence of the built environment on the larger scale climatic conditions. The
atmospheric variables in a micro climate can deviate substantially d=from the conditions prevailing over
a larger area. In other words: the design of a city and its components sets the conditions for its micro
climates. The influence on climate is one of the main reason man started building; buildings.

Before the age of fossil energy use and building services man developed various passive building
techniques to mitigate the negative effects of climate and utilize the positive effects. take an eg: In Hot
arid climates, dense layouts provide shading of buildings and outdoor spaces and large thermal masses
attenuate the large diurnal temperature curve. Shaded courtyards with ponds and vegetation provide
cooling.

Physical well being: Health is defined as a state of complete physical,mental and social well being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Microclimate moderators: The design elements which control the micro climate will be placed into :

1. Master planning:

a) Orientation

b) Network of large public spaces

c) Street pattern

d) Wind channeling

e) Network of water bodies

2. Public Space Design

a) Street profile

b) Paving

c) Strategic vegetation

d) Courtyards

3. Architectonics:

a) Building line
b) Building Materials

c) Wind catchers

d) Threshold

Objectives:

1) Defining a framework for research and analysis of micro climates in urban neighbourhoods

2) Examining the contemporary neighbourhood and micro climate they form.

3) Creating an urban neighborhood with comfortable micro climates

Areas to look at:

1) Social Ecological system: integrated system of ecosystem and human societies with reciprocal
feedbacks and interdependence.

2) Adaptibility: the capacity of actors in a system to influence resilience.

3) Resilient Sustainable system: an approach providing insight into the characteristics of urban fabric and
amanagement that create resilient systems by overlapping strategies that improve qualities that support
both resilience and sustainability at once.

4) Identity of a place

5) Public Realm: place of agreement as to the city's common ground, where differences are celebrated
but also blurred.

6) Strategic planning