Wind Analysis of 11th & Washington Tower

PROJECT OVERVIEW: This research focus on how wind impacts on 11W by ZGF architects. Located on SW 12th Ave and 11th Ave to the Washington in the SW side of the river, south of Burnside on downtown Portland, OR. The aim of the study is to find how wind can impact the balconies, 2nd level roof deck, 8th level roof deck, and 26th floor roof deck. The tests were conducted with Sketch up and Autodesk Flow Design analysis tool. In the beginning, we analyzed a cube as a baseline and studied the impact cuts in the building form had in the simulation. The primary analysis variables are depth and width of the notches. Then we make hypothesis for 11W.https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/research_based_design/1082/thumbnail.jp