Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design

[EN] Cities worldwide face profound morphological changes due to population growth and urban densification. Coupled with climate change, this exacerbates the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect and degrades outdoor thermal comfort. This paper introduces a novel simulation framework for climate-resilient...

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Autores: Calabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881X, Orozco-Messana, Javier|||0000-0001-8611-8816, Orozco-Sanchez, Francisco Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Microclimate simulation
Data-driven design
Urban heat island (UHI) mitigation
Green infrastructure
Climate resilience
Sustainability
Public spaces
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
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spelling Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space DesignCalabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881XOrozco-Messana, Javier|||0000-0001-8611-8816Orozco-Sanchez, Francisco JavierMicroclimate simulationData-driven designUrban heat island (UHI) mitigationGreen infrastructureClimate resilienceSustainabilityPublic spaces11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles[EN] Cities worldwide face profound morphological changes due to population growth and urban densification. Coupled with climate change, this exacerbates the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect and degrades outdoor thermal comfort. This paper introduces a novel simulation framework for climate-resilient urban design, transitioning from static planning standards to dynamic performance optimization. This research utilizes a multi-tiered data acquisition strategy, beginning with a PRISMA-guided Systematic Literature Review of 133 articles to identify key UHI mitigation variables. A high-fidelity, multi-physics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was developed using the ANSYS Fluent solver, discretized with a poly-hexacore mesh of over 78 million cells. The simulation environment integrates multiscale data, including 2.5D urban geometry from GIS platforms, high-resolution satellite information (e.g., Copernicus and LiDAR) for surface and soil properties, and EUMETSAT weather files for boundary conditions. The model explicitly resolves aerodynamic and thermodynamic exchanges using Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) equations, with vegetation represented via porous-medium parameterization. The core novelty lies in the development of a parameterized library of "Architectural Elements" (AEs) that introduces standardized material properties, derived from Ansys Granta Selector, directly with GIS-based street designs. This allows for iterative "what-if" scenario analyses over critical 24 h periods to assess the synergistic impact of green infrastructure (GI) and advanced materials. Validation against real-world monitoring data from the Grow-Green project confirmed the model's accuracy, with a maximum error of only 0.22%. The results demonstrate that interconnecting isolated green areas and utilizing local porous materials can reduce UHI spot temperatures by 2-4 degrees C while significantly lowering building energy consumption.This research was funded by the HORIZON program from the European Commission within project 101073957, "The HuT", granted on the call HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01.MDPI AGDepartamento de Construcciones ArquitectónicasDepartamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y de MaterialesEscuela Técnica Superior de ArquitecturaEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Tecnología de los Materiales de la UPVCOMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEARepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20262026-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/234056reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 HE 101073957 Building a Safe Haven to cope with Climate ExtremesUK Research and Innovation https://doi.org/10.13039/100014013 Innovate UK 10049731 PARATUS HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-03 101073954open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento (by)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:riunet______::eb9b819d9afd2840df95f869dec296fb2026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
title Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
spellingShingle Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
Calabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881X
Microclimate simulation
Data-driven design
Urban heat island (UHI) mitigation
Green infrastructure
Climate resilience
Sustainability
Public spaces
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
title_short Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
title_full Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
title_fullStr Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
title_full_unstemmed Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
title_sort Building Cooler Cities: Advanced Simulation as the Foundation for Climate-Resilient Modular Public Space Design
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Calabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881X
Orozco-Messana, Javier|||0000-0001-8611-8816
Orozco-Sanchez, Francisco Javier
author Calabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881X
author_facet Calabuig-Moreno, Raimon|||0000-0003-0810-881X
Orozco-Messana, Javier|||0000-0001-8611-8816
Orozco-Sanchez, Francisco Javier
author_role author
author2 Orozco-Messana, Javier|||0000-0001-8611-8816
Orozco-Sanchez, Francisco Javier
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas
Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y de Materiales
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial
 Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Tecnología de los Materiales de la UPV
COMISION DE LAS COMUNIDADES EUROPEA
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Microclimate simulation
Data-driven design
Urban heat island (UHI) mitigation
Green infrastructure
Climate resilience
Sustainability
Public spaces
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
topic Microclimate simulation
Data-driven design
Urban heat island (UHI) mitigation
Green infrastructure
Climate resilience
Sustainability
Public spaces
11.- Conseguir que las ciudades y los asentamientos humanos sean inclusivos, seguros, resilientes y sostenibles
description [EN] Cities worldwide face profound morphological changes due to population growth and urban densification. Coupled with climate change, this exacerbates the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect and degrades outdoor thermal comfort. This paper introduces a novel simulation framework for climate-resilient urban design, transitioning from static planning standards to dynamic performance optimization. This research utilizes a multi-tiered data acquisition strategy, beginning with a PRISMA-guided Systematic Literature Review of 133 articles to identify key UHI mitigation variables. A high-fidelity, multi-physics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was developed using the ANSYS Fluent solver, discretized with a poly-hexacore mesh of over 78 million cells. The simulation environment integrates multiscale data, including 2.5D urban geometry from GIS platforms, high-resolution satellite information (e.g., Copernicus and LiDAR) for surface and soil properties, and EUMETSAT weather files for boundary conditions. The model explicitly resolves aerodynamic and thermodynamic exchanges using Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) equations, with vegetation represented via porous-medium parameterization. The core novelty lies in the development of a parameterized library of "Architectural Elements" (AEs) that introduces standardized material properties, derived from Ansys Granta Selector, directly with GIS-based street designs. This allows for iterative "what-if" scenario analyses over critical 24 h periods to assess the synergistic impact of green infrastructure (GI) and advanced materials. Validation against real-world monitoring data from the Grow-Green project confirmed the model's accuracy, with a maximum error of only 0.22%. The results demonstrate that interconnecting isolated green areas and utilizing local porous materials can reduce UHI spot temperatures by 2-4 degrees C while significantly lowering building energy consumption.
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