July 2, 2012
Sonja's project is progressing very nicely. Together, we're measuring the potential for cross ventilation in typical Macedonian architecture. To achieve this, we're replicating the narrow streets of Thessaloniki, Greece at the 1:100 scale in one of Hamburg University's massive wind tunnels.
Wind tunnels are supposed to be old news by now, but no can seem to
build a computer large enough to satisfactorily reproduce the nuances of
airflow across cities. So for now, scientists will continue to build
awesome miniature cities, throw them in front of giant fans, and see
what happens.
Sonja's chosen a particular building of interest, which we've had
crafted from metal at 1:100 and loaded with pressure sensors. We will
position the building in the center of a mini Thessaloniki and blow some
air over it. Then (just like in Inception), we'll rotate the city,
shift its streets, and reorganize its buildings, to see how ventilation
in the central building is affected.
Speaking of miniature cities, Hamburg has a pretty famous Miniature
Wunderland that the likes of Kirsten Dunst have visited. Apparently
Kirsten Dunst has dual American-Deutschland citizenship and saw tiny
naked figurines having sex in the bushes of Miniature Wunderland.
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