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A Responsive Landscape Design Process

landscape ecology,Computer Aided Design,construction,BIM

全体主题 > Computer Aided Design

In the design process of “The Hills at Vallco”, a prospective 15-block town center topped by a 30-acre undulating public green space in Cupertino, the OLIN team developed and employed custom computational design tools. By​ ​defining​ ​spatial​ ​and​ ​mathematical​ ​relationships​ ​between​ ​the​ ​layout​ ​of landscape​ ​features​ ​and​ ​of​ ​their​ ​requirements,​ ​the​ ​undulating​ ​roof​ ​park​ ​was​ ​able​ ​to​ ​be​ ​designed and​ ​modeled​ ​quite​ ​differently​ ​from​ ​typical​ ​approaches.​ ​This​ ​demonstrates​ ​what​ ​we​ ​are​ ​calling​ ​a “formation-precedes-form”​ ​process​ ​that​ ​resembles​ ​a​ ​more​ ​hyper-relational​ ​paradigm​ ​akin​ ​to​ ​the interconnected​ ​systems​ ​found​ ​in​ ​nature.​ ​It​ ​challenges​ ​and​ ​evolves​ ​Ian​ ​McHarg’s​ ​reductive method​ ​of​ ​layering​ ​by​ ​unifying​ ​multiple​ ​layers​ ​and​ ​processes​ ​into​ ​simultaneously​ ​responsive form-generators.​
We want to discuss why the field of landscape architecture is uniquely positioned to take an active role in a more integrative, computation-aided design method.