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

    Gülay Zorer Gedik Info
    Neşe Yüğrük Akdağ Info
    Fatih Kiraz Info
    Bekir Şener Info
    Raşide Çaçan Info
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2017.1284667

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.

 

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

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Gedik, G. Z., Akdağ, N. Y., Kiraz, F., Şener, B., & Çaçan, R. (2017). Evaluation of mass housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control: Istanbul and Diyarbakir as a case. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 25(4), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2017.1284667

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Gedik, G. Z., Akdağ, N. Y., Kiraz, F., Şener, B., & Çaçan, R. (2017). Evaluation of mass housing settlements in terms of wind and noise control: Istanbul and Diyarbakir as a case. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 25(4), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2017.1284667

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