Interactive 3d models in landscape architecture

Ramzi Hassan

Ben Liddelow and Jonathon Marshall presented a study at the VR-Lab about the use of VR process and techniques for getting interaction behaviours in landscape models.

3D VR model for open space in Oslo Photo: VR-Lab

Building a 3d virtual and interactive model is extremely beficial in many aspects of Landscape Architecture process. A 3d model can be used right through the designing stage of a project, with the model giving a close simulation of how it feels to be in the spaces. The interactive model can display different options of housing configuraion,
park designs, and overall street layouts which can be easily switched between to assess the benifits. Further allong in the design process the model can simulate how well the project functions, how the spaces feel to walk through at human scale, how they feel to fly over or drive through. It can allow one to better resolve the plan, understanding the spaces and between spaces better, and how the project works as and overall design. Then even further down the designign path the model can apply materials to objects, and provides options for different textures which can
be compared in realtime. It can help simulate exacly how the project will look over time, through different seasons, different times of day with shadows and light, and varing weather conditions, or even how it looks and feels at night time. It can also help predict how the project wil develop over time, how the tree growth and city change will affect the design. This can help create a better design by allowing the materials, trees and objects to be compared in a virtually real simualtion, and therefore the best combination chosen. Then to the final design stage where temporary arrangements, such as furniture, can be viewed, rearranged, deleted of changed. Interacting with this virtual model the whole way throught the design process will lead to a well resolved project, down to great detail.. Download the study from here. (PDF:2.4MB)

Updated: 06.01.09
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Ramzi Hassan Dr.Scient.
Associate Professor, Computer Visualizations in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning.
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).
P.O.BOX 5029,
1432 Aas - Norway
E-mail: ramzi.hassan@umb.no
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