Evaluating Urban Forms for Comparison Studies in the Massing Design Stage

We introduce five performance indicators to facilitate the comparison of urban massingdesign in the early design stages. The five simple indicators are based on existing studies andcover three main performance areas that are sensitive to urban form changes: solar, ventilation,and connectivity potent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Kian, Norford, Leslie Keith
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
Format: Article
Published: MDPI AG 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115225
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-7256