Aula of a Bank Building

Maintaining comfort within a large atrium or lobby designed with glass walls can prove to be challenging because of the additional complexity of "cold radiation".

In this project, computer simulation was used to investigated the internal flow conditions of a 3 floor, one interior aula.  Because this building was to be used as an office building, the comfort of the floors open to the atrium was determined.

Work included:

• Investigation of comfort parameters in the hall
• Calculation to determine the necessity of the application of a wind curtain at the entrance
• Determination of the effects of "cold radiation"
• Calculation of the heat losses resulted by the automatic doors