First approach with Project Vasari

To make clear the project I choose to add the parameter of material in the masses I just finish by setting them into a flat glass. In that way now it is possible to see the number of plans.

In the first image the "Sun Settings" are set to the 21st of December, so I checked that the projected shadows will not cover the facade of the adjacent building, one to the other. This simple control is displayed setting "Shadows On" in the lower part of the menu. A similar thing have been done in the second image, this time setting the sun in the 21st of June.

The 3rd and the 4th images are about some attempts with the new software: the first setting "Show Surface" in the Manage menu, Vasari automatically set up materials and openings in my project, in the second image it's the "Wind Rose Analysis" that produces a graphic of the behavior of the wind against the buildings.

In the fifth image I compare the sun exposition of Bing maps with my project, so I established empirically the date of 18 March h 13.30 p.m. finding a similar lenght of the shadows

The 6th image shows my attempts of making clear the climatic situation in the area, putting the Wind Rose (section manage) analysis above the imported image of Via Amleto Palermi

Finally, in the last image I used the Ecotect Solar Radiation tool to prove the good behavior of the buildings even in the most difficult situation of solar exposition: the 21st of December