Evaluation of mass housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control: Istanbul and Diyarbakir as a case

Abstract

In mass housing apartments, the comfort and quality of living conditions may be adversely affected by wind and noise especially on balconies, terraces, gardens and around swimming pools etc. The quantitative and empirical testing of building models according to physical conditions with regard to wind and noise parameters directly affects the formation of buildings in the design process. In this paper, two cities (Istanbul and Diyabakır), which are selected from two different climatic zones in Turkey are considered as examples to create maximum comfortable usage areas depending on wind and noise effects. For mass housing settlement scenarios, common comfortable areas in terms of wind and noise were determined by using Urbawind and soundPLAN softwares. The relevant data and acceptance criteria related to wind and noise and applied procedure are presented in the work. Performed studies show, if the settlements have dominant wind and noise directions, it is possible to find solutions using the geometric properties of the settlement in terms of wind and noise. In general, better comfort results appear in alternatives with L-C-U shaped design features rather than point-type and linear block layouts.

Keywords:

• mass housing
• wind control
• noise control
• environmental processes modeling
• environmental impact assessment

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Notes on contributors

Gülay Zorer Gedik

Gülay ZORER GEDİK is a Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of Yildiz Technical University, Turkey. She received her PhD in Building Physics from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul in 1995. She is especially interested in the whole process of Climatic Building Design and Energy Efficient Building Principles and Wind and Solar Architecture. She has completed eight research projects. Her last (project coordinator) research project’s title is “Optimization of mass-housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control”. She has worked for the National Building Energy Calculation Methodology Improvement Project (as a coordinator of Net Energy part). She has published many peer-reviewed scientific articles in high impact journals and presented many papers at international and national conferences.

Neşe Yüğrük Akdağ

Neşe YÜĞRÜK AKDAĞ. She studied at Yildiz Technical University and obtained a degree in Architecture in 1984, an MSc degree in “Building Physics” in 1987, and received her PhD in “Architectural Acoustics” from Yildiz Technical University in 1995. She is full professor since 2011 in Building Physics Unit of the Faculty of Architecture in Yildiz Technical University. She has range of articles, papers, books and applications on room and building acoustics. She has also several researches on noise mapping. She prepared and organized some national projects and contributed to several national and international projects. She is a member of the Turkish Acoustical Society.

Fatih Kiraz

Fatih KİRAZ. He is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Turkey. He received his PhD in Building Physics from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul in 2015. He is especially interested in the whole process of Climatic Building Design and Noise Control and Wind and Solar Architecture. He has participated as a scholar to the research Project “Optimization of mass-housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control”.

Bekir Şener

Bekir ŞENER. He is an Assistant Professor at the Naval Architecture and Maritime Faculty of Yildiz Technical University, Turkey and currently the Vice Head of Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. He received his PhD in Naval Architecture from Yildiz Technical University, in 2012. His research interest include design of ship and yachts, hydrodynamics, 3D modeling and CFD. He has participated as a researcher to the “Optimization of mass-housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control” project. He also prepared and contributed several national projects.

Raşide Çaçan

Raşide ÇAÇAN. She studied at Yildiz Technical University and received Bachelor degree in Architecture in 2008, and MSc degree in “Building Physics” in 2014. She has participated as a scholar to the “Optimization of mass-housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control” project.