City Climate Canopies: C³
The aggravated climatic situation forms the starting point for the question of whether and how the urban climate and in particular the avoidance of heat islands (Urban Heat Island - UHI) can be improved and influenced with selective architectural measures. Findings from local low-tech solutions from various densely populated regions are transferred in this research project in order to regulate the heat islands that are increasingly occurring in Europe with architectural interventions in urban space.
The development of City Climate Canopies generates urban-spatial, social and climatic added value - on a small scale but with the greatest possible impact. Specifically, these are lightweight, climate-adaptive and flexible membrane canopies that counteract heat islands through their reflective effect, provide shade and preserve and create urban (meeting and utility) spaces. In this way, modern methods of climate analysis are combined and room for interpretation is created for low-tech approaches.
Project team TWE | Department of Structural Design | University Kassel
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Julian Lienhard, M.Sc. Dongyuan Liu | M.Sc. Gregor Grünkorn
Project team TUARL | Chair of Building Technology and Climate Friendly Construction | Technical University Munich
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Auer, M.Sc. Ata Chokhachian
M.Sc. Gregor Grünkorn