jismart2019001: Open Space Design Study on the Basis of Landscape Microclimate Adaptability in Campus

Abstract

Campus open space produces an environment with specific microclimatic qualities. These qualities affect the balance of energy of the human body and are applicable to an individual’s thermal perception. They have impacts on using outdoor open spaces. The landscape microclimate of an open space, which is affected by the campus layout and spatial forms, plays an important role in people’s outdoor comfort, thus any outdoor activities based on the sensation of comfort will directly be affected by the microclimate. The paper presents a study on the influence of the campus open space landscape elements (such as water, vegetation, pavement and garden structures) and the microclimate physical factors (such as air flow, relative humidity, air temperature, and heat radiation). From microclimate adaptability perspective, by using integrated approach of field measurement and digital simulation technology, improving people’s comfort as goal, this research discussed how the landscape elements affect microclimate. Based on simulations using selected computational tools (ENVI-met), a theoretical framework of campus open space landscape microclimate adaptive design is proposed.