Simulation in Architecture: Scope of Urban Developments

Abstract

Simulation based architecture is the new way of
understanding post design phenomena. Mostly in the urban
areas, how changes take place is a matter of pondering, where
simulation may come to aid. Through simulation we can predict a
possible outcome of a certain solution through testing it in
computer generated scenarios. The main concern of this paper is
to find out through intervention of infrastructure how an urban
condition may occur. In this paper a particular existing urban
infrastructure has been selected to make specific changes and
then setting with parameters the case has been put in to the
algorithm to test the results. The results came as different
scenarios with the change of inputs. For the study, the river
Buriganga, beside the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka has been
chosen and in different scenarios the outcome of a mega city has
been mapped showing what a change in an existing
infrastructure may bring.