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SmartPlan Intro

By Ken Goulding posted on Tue, 2009-06-30 11:22 , 1159 reads, 0 comments

Building Information Systems have transformed the way architects develop options, make decisions and share information with clients, developers and contractors. This has been made possible by software that links many key decisions to dynamic variables that can be reconsidered or tweaked at any point in the design and documentation process. Sasaki Associates has developed an urban planning tool with a similar objective: as planning and design options are developed, keep variables flexible and avoid lock-in to create a change-friendly, dynamic design environment.

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SmartPlan Rainwater Model

By Ken Goulding posted on Tue, 2010-10-05 15:08 , 319 reads, 0 comments

Different landscape choices handle water in different ways. Any landscape will release runoff if enough water falls, however greener landscapes and pervious paving options do a much better job of absorbing and containing water before runoff occurs.

 

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Forget Stormwater, It's All About Rainwater!

By Steve Benz posted on Thu, 2009-07-16 15:44 , 503 reads, 0 comments

 Forget Stormwater, It's All About Rainwater!

Low Impact Development- It's not business as usual for stormwater engineersread more

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A design is only as good as the problem set used to define it

By Ken Goulding posted on Thu, 2009-06-25 08:38 , 232 reads, 0 comments

Good designers take a set of problems and massage their solutions into a cohesive whole.

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Want Parcels? Slice a site using roads

By Ken Goulding posted on Fri, 2009-06-19 10:18 , 223 reads, 0 comments

A new tool in SmartPlan lets you create open space and development parcels by slicing a site with roads. One can then assign landuse and density assumptions to the resulting parcels for fast and accurate area take-offs. Roads can be added and edited as the design evolves for up to the minute program info.

 

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