Simulations
Predicting microclimate conditions with AI-powered precision
Transform design processes with real-time performance insight.
Our AI-driven simulations empower architects, urban planners, and sustainability leads to make data-driven decisions from the earliest design stages. By reducing calculation times from hours to seconds, we enable truly iterative design exploration and optimization of environmental performance for the experts and for the design team alike. Remove complexity, generate real-time insights and unlock data driven design ideation!
Wind Speed
Building design and urban morphology interact with the local airflow patterns causing specific acceleration, stagnation or turbulence at key points. While complex calculations required in order to estimate the velocity fields, take hours or days to produce, Our AI models predict wind speed maps with high accuracy in mere seconds. Identify potential comfort issues in public spaces, problematic downdraft areas around tall buildings, and opportunities for natural ventilation all in real time as you modify your design.
Pedestrian Wind Comfort
Capturing the most complete mapping of comfort in regards to wind, the annual pedestrian wind comfort maps wind velocities throughout the year according to internationally recognized comfort criteria. Our engine analyzes wind conditions for up to 16 directions based on local meteorological data, calculating the percentage of time different areas of your site experience comfort conditions. This simulation helps you identify spaces suitable for outdoor dining, casual sitting, leisurely walking, or where mitigation measures may be needed.
Thermal Comfort
Assess outdoor thermal comfort using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). UTCI is a comprehensive measure used to assess human thermal sensation and comfort in outdoor environments. It considers various meteorological parameters such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and radiation, to calculate a single index value representing the perceived thermal comfort level. Our simulations describe the percentage of time in comfortable range throughout the year, helping you design spaces that remain usable across seasons. Identify opportunities for shade structures, vegetation, or material changes to improve comfort during extreme conditions.
Heat Stress
A variant of the UTCI calculation, hot stress outputs the percentage of time various areas of the site excede comfort conditions. This focused view helps you identify and mitigate areas prone to dangerous heat stress conditions during summer months. Our simulations predict where urban heat island effects will be most pronounced, allowing you to strategically place cooling interventions like vegetation, water features, or high-albedo materials. Essential for projects in warming climates where public health considerations increasingly drive urban design decisions.
Cold Stress
For locations prone to cold temperatures, cold stress outputs UTCI results as a measure of the percentage of time below comfort threshold. Optimize winter comfort in cold climates by identifying areas prone to excessive cold stress. Our simulations help you design spaces that extend outdoor usability into colder months through strategic wind protection, solar access, and material selection. Create microclimate zones that trap warmth and block cold winds, allowing public spaces to remain comfortable and active throughout the year.
Microclimate
Maps thermic sensation on the site using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), taking into account multiple climate factors like air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation and how the urban massing and proposed design influence their effects on thermal comfort. It helps identifying zones with optimal exposure and shelter according to the local climate and the existing urban frame, while providing insights for strategic placement of outdoor activities, programming decisions, and targeted interventions to maximize thermal comfort.
Daylight Availability
Evaluate how effectively daylight penetrates outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces across your site throughout the year. Daylight availability maps illustrate the percentage of time specific areas achieve defined daylight thresholds, offering a clear understanding of spatial quality and environmental performance. By analyzing these patterns, you can assess usability, visual comfort, and the overall attractiveness of public spaces. This evaluation supports evidence-based decisions on massing, building spacing, height, and orientation to optimize daylight access and minimize reliance on artificial lighting.
Sky View Factors
Quantify the fraction of visible sky hemisphere at pedestrian level using the Sky View Factor (SVF), a fundamental geometric metric ranging from 0% (completely obstructed) to 100% (fully exposed). This dimensionless parameter reveals how surrounding buildings and urban morphology limit or enable sky exposure, directly influencing thermal radiation exchange, nighttime cooling potential, daylight availability, and urban heat island intensity. The analysis identifies spatially constrained zones, supporting evidence-based decisions regarding urban porosity, ventilation strategies, and massing interventions that balance environmental performance with qualitative perception of spatial openness.
Direct Sun Hours
Quantify cumulative direct sunlight exposure across your site using validated ray-tracing algorithms that calculate total sunlight hours at each location during the analysis period. This assessment accounts for shading from building geometry, vegetation, and urban morphology to reveal spatial patterns of solar access influenced by height, orientation, and contextual massing. The analysis identifies overshaded zones and areas with excessive solar gain, enabling evidence-based decisions regarding thermal comfort optimization, shade planning, heat mitigation strategies, seasonal usability, and programmatic placement in outdoor environments.
Solar Radiation
Evaluate cumulative solar exposure across your site through Radiance-based sky matrix calculations that integrate direct normal irradiance (DNI) and diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) from climate files. Advanced ray-tracing processes radiation values through geometric shadow analysis, accounting for sun position and urban morphology to quantify energy receipt (kWh/m²) at each location. Spatial radiation maps support evidence-based decisions regarding photovoltaic systems, thermal load assessment, passive solar strategies, heat mitigation, material selection, and vegetation placement, establishing critical foundation data for climate-responsive and energy-aware architectural design.
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