Urban Microclimate Canopy: Design, Manufacture, Installation, and Growth Simulation of a Living Architecture Prototype
, Wilfrid Middleton 1, Moritz Dörstelmann 2, Daniele Santucci 1,3 and Ferdinand Ludwig 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear authors,
I read yours paper very cearfully and I think that its very interesting.
In my opinion you should add in the introduction more information where the FE method was used for example:
- Nonlinear analysis of braking delay dynamics for the progressive gears in variable operating conditions or
- THE IMPACT OF PROGRESSIVE GEAR GEOMETRY ON THE BRAKING DISTANCE LENGTH UNDER CHANGEABLE OPERATING CONDITIONS.
The drawings shoud be better quality.
The drawings didn't have any citations form the litarature.
The drawinga 15 and 25 shoud be on the middle.
Description under drawing 15 isn't write italic.
Why the drawings 11, 12, 13 were written italic?
The desription under drawing 20 shoud be corrected.
Some drawings on the end have dot and some not, why?
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your accurate reviewing of our work.
In our highly interdisciplinary paper, we try find the right balance between different disciplines. After discussion with all authors, we suggest not to add the finite element analysis to the introduction, since it was a minor and not deeply developed part of the project. Otherwise by putting more emphasis on this part of the project we might steer up further questions about the specific FEA methods being used, which is not the core aspect of this paper.
Content revision:
Line 144: FE simulations → Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Line 159: FE-Model → FEA-Model
The descriptions under drawing 20a and 21a are changed to: “Photo of Akebia growing on a support system built by a German facade greening company” and “Runner bean growing on a support system built by a German facade greening company” separately;
Typographical revision:
word setting is changed not to compress images, the original images to the journal editorial team are of high resolutions;
The figure 19a, 20a and 21a now use citation instead of direct website links to indicate the source;
The figure 12, 15 and 25 is aligned to the middle;
Description under Figure 12, 13 and 14 now use non-italic font;
Dots are added on the end of figure 22 and 23;
We hope we could address your points with these corrections and answers.
Kind regards,
Qiguan Shu representing all co-authors
Reviewer 2 Report
The present paper reports the design realization of the UMCC prototype as well as on theinsights and the lessons learned within this process. In general lines, the paper is well written and well structured and includes the needed references. However, this reviewer suggests the authors that check the text and avoid the first person,ex line 62. A scientific text is written in third person.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your accurate reviewing of our work.
At line 22, 62, 74, 319, 344, 387, 427, 453, 467 and 524, the sentences are changed into passive voice to avoid using the first person.
We hope we could address your points with these corrections and answers.
Kind regards,
Qiguan Shu representing all co-authors
Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and remarks:
- line 10: add (M.D.)
- line 12: add (D.S.)
- line 133: three replace with Three
- line 144: explain FE
- line 163: fiber replace with Fiber
- line 192, in Figure 6: Disk O replace with Disk D
- line 206: winding replace with Winding
- line 223: explain EPDM
- line 241: (a): planting replace with (a) Planting
- line 241: (b): integration replace with (b) Integration
- line 259: (a): replace with (a)
- line 260: (b): visitors replace with (b) Visitors
- line 290: 3.1. Subsection?
- line 405: cone replace with Cone
- line 434: maximum replace with Maximum
- line 469: photo replace with Photo
- line 551: time replace with Time
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
Thank you very much for your accurate reviewing of our work.
Content revision:
line 144: FE simulations → Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
line 159: FE-Model → FEA-Model
line 223: EPDM plastic sheet → EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) plastic sheet as a waterproofing layer
Typographical revision:
line 10: adding (M.D.)
line 12: adding (D.S.)
line 133: three → Three
line 163: fiber → Fiber
line 192, in Figure 6: Disk O → Disk D, fonts of section marks are changed larger
line 206: winding → Winding
line 241: (a): planting → (a) Planting
line 241: (b): integration → (b) Integration
line 259: (a): → (a)
line 260: (b): visitors → (b) Visitors
line 290: error content “3.1. Subsection” is deleted
line 405: cone → Cone
line 434: maximum → Maximum
line 469: photo → Photo
line 551: time → Time
We hope we could address your points with these corrections and answers.
Kind regards,
Qiguan Shu representing all co-authors
