This is a animation done with 3Ds Max design. I 

framed the video to express the structural composition 

of the building through circulation with the camera

movement through the building.

Vasari: Wind and Sun Analysis

Retrieve the location. Butler MO

For some reason I could not retrieve the mapping 

from google,but I will still insert the blank image.

Now with a surface to work on I can create a 

massing model.

Wind Rose Butler, MO

The Ecotect Solar Radiation for Butler, MO 

on March 20 at 8:00 am.

 

Butler, MO on March 20 at 1:00 pm.

Butler, MO on March 20 at 5:00 pm.

Sun sets at 6:22 pm.

Now for wind simulation just load your massing model 

into the wind tunnel. Here the wind is hitting the building 

from the South. The height the wind will hit the building

at is set to 6 feet.

Now the wind is shown vertically coming from the West. 

Here is wind in 3d moving throughout the building simulated 

with flow lines.

With Vasari's new wind simulation program it is very easy to

understand everything you need to know about your building 

and how it is affected by the wind.

Google Earth - Butler, MO

Now Google Earth will allow you to do so much more by allowing you to import a building designed and built in Google SketchUp and see it in its real location on Earth with multiple add on and tags to the building.

One interesting new feature is the ability to overlay an image onto Google Earth right where you have imported your building. This allows you to better describe your building and or surrounding buildings.

The purpose for which I have used this is by showing what Butler, MO Fire station looks like and its location. I have also show what that location would look like if the Butler Police department were to relocate to the building connecting to the Fire station.

Here is an overlay of Police cars images I have inserted into Google Earth. This gives a better idea of what the Police station would look like in this location.

Map of Butlers Police and Fire Station.