LES of quarters in Hong Kong
Responsible: Carolin Weinreis
Project type: Diplomarbeit (equivalent to master thesis); (research collaboration between Edward Ng at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ​Department of Architechture and Marcus Oliver Letzel)
Duration: 01/11/2007-31/10/2008

This project is a cooperation with the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The objective of this study is to investigate the ventilation on pedestrian level in two selected quarters of Hong Kong (Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok in Kowloon).

Hong Kong as one of the most densely built-up and populated cities in the world has a strong interest to improve their urban climate by increasing the natural wind flow within the city. Very tall buildings, certain architectural structures or street positions have the capability to enhance the wind velocity.

PALM is used to simulate the wind flow and to explicitly resolve the turbulent structures around obstacles. For direct comparison simulations with different wind directions and topographies are generated.

Our purpose of this study is to provide guidelines for urban designers. How can they plan future projects in Hong Kong to improve the ventilation?