Thermal Comfort Optimisation at Queen Square
Photo credit Adeyinka Adewoyin
Author Adeyinka Adewoyin
The scope of this project attempts to investigate the correlation between spatial behaviour and outdoor thermal comfort of urban open spaces
A field survey was conducted at Queen Square, Bristol (the area of interest of this project) on a typical sunny day in October to observe the behavioural pattern of the users Environmental analysis tool Ladybug plugin in Grasshopper generated the Universal Thermal Climatic Index ( which helped to investigate this behavioural pattern observed during the field survey The results indicated a likelihood of users occupying shady spaces during a typical summer day and unshaded spaces during a typical winter day
