Precedent Research: Heat and Built Environment

In conjunction with the exercise - reading the metro landscape through research and analytical mapping, an extensive precedent research endeavor was undertaken to scrutinize, ongoing developments, prevailing planning documents, studies, and design guidelines pertaining to the central city area. Moreover, a lecture on the fundamental knowledge of heat and built environment was given by three PhD students from MIT building technology group. Additionally, several recently proposed heat mitigation plans were also studied. By various inputs, students acquired a methodical comprehension of the site and urban heat issues, enabling them to formulate pertinent design ideas and questions that would be further investigated during the site visit.