Print Email Facebook Twitter Even Clouds Can Burn Part of: eCAADe 2013: Computation and Performance Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe· list the conference papers Title Even Clouds Can Burn Author Fioravanti, A. Avincola, E. Novembri, G. Date 2013-09-19 Abstract Architecture, nowadays, is an even more demanding activity in which complexity is the keyword: complex forms, complex functions and complex structures require sophisticated facilities and components, for example, The Cloud of D. and M. Fuksas in Rome. These complexities can give rise to numerous risks, among which fire is frequently a central problem. The fire safety norms do not involve an approach integrated with other instruments or building model (BIM), but provide a list of information and constraints. These codes are now shifting away from a prescriptive-based towards a performance-based method due to recent progress in fire safety engineering. Following this approach, a case study simulation of a multi-purpose centre was carried out in Tivoli, near Rome. This simulation allowed greater freedom in architectural composition, a lower risk to people, a larger number of material and building components used and higher safety standards to be achieved. The model is based on the FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) language, a simulation code for low-speed flows, focused on smoke, particle and heat transport by fire. Subject architectural designcomputational fluid-dynamicsfire propagationfire safetysmoke propagation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0d8d748b-4bdf-40d3-8eed-0e760289f6e6 Part of collection Conference proceedings Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 Fioravanti, A.; Avincola, E.; Novembri, G. Files PDF ecaade2013_056.content.pdf 1.25 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0d8d748b-4bdf-40d3-8eed-0e760289f6e6/datastream/OBJ/view