walk rain or shine
If it rains suddenly, what do you do?
If it shines hot, what do you do?
We propose : Le t ’s walk if it rains or shines !

SunnyRainy
master plan “walkable city”

Sule Road design

Yangon confronts several issues such as traffic jam, old railway, and flood. Traffic congestion
makes trouble people because cars play a key role in transportation. So we create walkable networkwith public transportation to solve it.
mainnetwork
For example, if you want to go to Yangon Central
Railway Station from Anawrahta Rd, you may always
take a car. But we propose : you take Light RailTransit at nearby station and get off. After that, youpass Sule Rd, where pedestrians can walk
comfortably by awnings.
walk car train bus LRT
walk car train bus LRTThus we transform Yangon into a “walkable city.”

pedestrians with sunshade & drainage function awning

CFD simulation
It is important to make the city well ventilated,
but it is hard to walk in a strong wind. We adopt
the plan to place two lines of awnings because acomfortable breeze is blowing in a sidewalk, andventilation is ensured in traffic lanes.

Daylighting simulation
By pairing daylighting analysis with direct
sunlight analysis, we enable pedestrians to feelgreat daylight without risk of direct exposure.
Maintaining good daylight in Sule Rd (left) while
preventing direct sunlight (right).

4.50
[m/s]

Direct Sunlightrainy season
May-November

100%

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2

one line

primary design

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10 minutesʼ walk (about 800m) is theupper limit which people want to walkm01
in

two lines

improved design

10.00

The wind is blowing at a speed of 3meters per second from
Nouth and is measured at 1.5meters above the ground.

sunshade

platform & ticket gatepublic spacerotary

We adjust light environment based on the score by LEED. Overlit (over 1000 lux of direct lightfor more than 250 occupied hours per year) and Underlit (less than 300 lux for more than 50%of occupied hours) is calculated by computational simulation. LEED points can be earned withminimum sDA levels of 55%,75%, and 90% and maximum ASE is 10%.

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0%
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0%

percentage of days over the entire analysis period (from9AM to 3PM) receiving a minimum of 4 hours per day of
direct sunlight

0Overlit
Underlit: building [H=20m]

10m

bus stop & traﬃc lane

Yangon Central Railway Station is the core ofnetwork with public transportation.
A flow of pedestrians is considered, so that they
can transfer from trains to buses (from buses totrains) easily.
In case of disaster, people can evacuate to the“public space.” “Public space” is larger than “ticketgates and platform” space and higher than groundlevel.
public500%

percentage of ﬂoor area where daylight
factor measured at 0.85m above theground level

50m

Freshen the air in the station bystack effect. Inside air flows towardoutside throw the skylight.
Daylighting simulation

100[％]

41.9%

4Anawrahta Road

dry season
December-April

Average DF

Yangon Central
Railway Stationin 5 mYangon Central Railway Station

awning design
Pagoda in Myanmar usually has a round shape.
But, Sule Pagoda is component of square and roundshape.Therefore we design awnings in Sule Rd using
hexagon and round shape.

Daylight Factor

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facility design

drainagesDA

78%
055

75 90 100

ASE

19%
0 10

primary design

100sDA

81%055

75 90 100ASE

22%
0 10

100100m

improved design

LRT stationset
inipedestrians

parking lane bus lane
& bus stoptraffic lane

traffic lane bus lane parking lane pedestrians& bus stop

Light Rail Transit plays a feeder role in extension of linefrom Yangon central station, urban railway station as main
public transportation system to neighboring area.
LRT is placed to use casually for people such as children
and elder. It can shorten the required time from home tothe station and revitalize the central urban area.