CUSTOM ANALYSIS & SIMULATIONS
Simulations in the AEC industry involve using computer models to replicate real-world scenarios and analyze how systems or structures behave under different conditions. It is a tool for engineers to identify potential weaknesses and make improvements in the design phase. Simulations are often not as precise as physical experiments but are a useful tool to gather initial information when experiments are too expensive or difficult to produce.
The benefits of simulations include:
– performance evaluation: assessing the performance of systems to ensure they meet desired criteria;
– risk mitigation: identifying potential risks in a controlled virtual environment, helping to mitigate issues before they occur in the physical world;
– cost savings: preventing costly errors and modifications during later stages of a project;
– decision support: providing valuable data to support and evaluate the impact of different design choices.
The most popular simulations include structural analysis (FEA), energy performance modeling, fluid dynamics simulations (CFD), traffic and pedestrian flow, daylight and solar exposure, and urban microclimate analysis.
SITE ANALYSIS
We can conduct various geometric analyses related to urban design. For example:
– slope analysis;
– insolation analysis: specific to your geographic location;
– noise pollution: sound simulation, mapping intensity on buildings;
– rainwater flow and concentration map;
– view analysis: visible parts of the location from particular positions.
ACOUSTICS SIMULATION
There are numerous software that can perform precise acoustics analysis. What we offer is a rapid simulation that, while not equally precise, is connected to a parametric model. This enables us to conduct optimization, exploring and evaluating thousands of design variations that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. After the optimization we can export several models for expert analysis and final validation.
STRUCTURAL FORM FINDING
Form finding is a generative design method where you don’t know how the final result will look. With that in mind, you create an initial form, define a set of rules (or forces) and then run the simulation (applying forces and updating the geometry with each step). We can simulate various structural behaviors such as generating complex compression-only structures, hanging chains, membranes, and much more.
