Valmelaina courtyards study

For the first exercise, my approach was to import the project area. I decided to work on the two courtyards at Valmelaina, by De Feo. At first I have worked on Floor Plan: 2D site for the plan of the two courtyards, then on 3D view for modeling. I have analyzed the shading of the buildings and the wind behaviour with Ecotect Wind tunnel.

1. I changed the project units

2. I drawed the volumes of the two courtyards

3. I analyzed the shading of the buildings choosing random times.

4. I analyzed the wind behaviour with Ecotect Wind tunel.

For the second step:

I decided to compare photos with Vasari's views:

1) April, h10.45: bing maps supported me

2) 9th March, h 13.00:Photo I took

3) I decided to analyze different moments during year to see what happens in december and june (h 12.00) watching the buildings from n-w and from s-e