Focusing on the urban block scale in hot climates, this dissertation offers new insights into the nexus between urban form and environmental performance. It introduces and explores a new set of harmonized workflows which by capitalizing on the benefits of a parametric environment open new possibilities in the pursuit of a sustainable urban form - going beyond energy considerations towards environmental quality and urban livability. Beyond the ability to reproduce these workflows for environmentally driven urban design in practice, this dissertation highlights current limitations and future outlooks which pave the way for further exploration.
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Focusing on the urban block scale in hot climates, this dissertation offers new insights into the nexus between urban form and environmental performance. It introduces and explores a new set of harmonized workflows which by capitalizing on the benefits of a parametric environment open new possibilities in the pursuit of a sustainable urban form - going beyond energy considerations towards environmental quality and urban livability. Beyond the ability to reproduce these workflows for environmenta...
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