The effect of the characteristics formation of urban open space on thermal comfort for pedestrian

Abstract

Urban spaces are prominent urban configurations for the cities, its important came from its role on encourage human daily social communication and activities. During last decades several studies searched on achieving thermal comfort in cities and urban spaces, the importance of providing thermal comfort at the urban scale in the city had emerged because of its importance to pedestrian daily activities. However, the study of the characteristics formation of open spaces and their effect on providing thermal comfort in the city of Baghdad as an example of hot dry areas was not addressed previously, and this is what represents the research problem. This research aims to analyze the reality of the situation of (Al Ghurery Square) in Al Rashid Street and study the effect of its formal properties on thermal comfort Using Envi-Met Software. The results showed that the Predicted mean vote, Mean radiant temperature near the arcade surrounding the semicircular building achieved better results as compare to street space. While the wind speeds in the street space was higher.