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.