Autodesk Forma - Wind Analysis

For a simple project, the wind analysis tool, quickly calculates the wind patterns / velocity and presents in a graphical manner.

As you can see, the tunnel effect is being created around our proposed buildings because of the neighboring tall structures. However, our rear garden / open space (with trees) is green - meaning the breeze is quite right. Eventhough, some of these results are intuitive to an experienced architect, it is a wondeerful way to quickly figure out the best location to propose an open to sky space or to orient the windows to catch the breeze.