2013 AGI Northern Showcase November 14 | York,UK

Master Planning Cities(with the help of CityEngine)

Elliot HartleyDirector, Garsdale Design Ltd

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Garsdale Design Limited

Elliot Hartley

•Cumbria, United Kingdom•Architectural & Planning Consultancy•Specialist in Middle East Master Planning

End of the Tour?

• GeoDesign Summit – Redlands -January 2013*• GISWORX ’13 – Dubai – 2-4th April 2013*• ESRIUK User Conference – London – 21st May 2013*• ESRIUC – 2nd 3D Mapping & Lidar Forum, Sunday 7th Jul 2013• GeoDesign Summit Europe – GeoFort – 19-20th September 2013• ESRI EMEA UC – Munich – 23rd – 25th October 2013*• GeoDesign Summit Beijing, 28th-29th October 2013*• AGI Northern Showcase, York, 14th November 2013

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Our Master Planning Projects

1. Regional & Environmental Study

2. Background Study / Existing Conditions Survey

3. Analysis and Forecasting4. Planning Alternatives and

Options5. Final Master Plan

• Traditional workflows do work but are becoming cumbersome.

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Workflows

• Two types of workflow– Main project workflow– Process workflows

• Finish one phase so the outputs can be used in the next phase

• Smooth flow of data is critical

Process workflows are Iterative Evaluations

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

The problem:

• Increasing complexity• Increasing amount of data to analyse• Chaotic nature of projects • Communication • Small office (5 staff)

The Problem

Master Planning Cities (with the help of CityEngine)

Passage of time

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Projected Project Deadline

What we actually need to do the job

What the client gives us

Data ReceivedEnthusiasm for projectInteresting Times

The Deadline

A Solution to Part of the Problem?

Improving & speeding up of the small but time consuming iterative processes

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

4 days in SketchUp? ½ a day in CityEngine?

“CityEngine has been transformational for our business”

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Our use of CityEngine

• Early use was trying to replicate what we would have done in SketchUp

• Integrating a new workflow can’t always been done over night

• We’re starting to see the payback

• Moving beyond visualisations

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Two Choices

Boast Modest

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

I can build a 3D model of an urban area faster than you

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

I need convincing background models for our visualisations

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Which I can do

“In an ideal case, a planner or designer receives real-time guidance on performance at every phase of

design from early site visit or conceptual sketch to final detail.”

Michael Flaxman, 2009

I can build multiple planning scenarios in less than a day

Clients can see our visualisation work easily & dynamically

I can model urban & data models together

I can easily model the theoretical

I can model the natural

or the fantastical

or the historic

the very small

or the very large

we still give the client what they want

We have adjusted our workflows to ensure smooth data flow

We’ve re-aligned our expectations of what we can do

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

We’re now moving on… but we’re still using CityEngine

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Keep up! The 3D world is moving fast

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

There’s more coming… BIM or City IM?

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

3D models are now delivered embedded with many attributes

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Our urban areas are growing and they need ‘smart’ solutions

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Dashboards for live & modelled data on multiple platforms

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

Communication is critical to our business

The Instant City is here

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An increase in the speed of a decision should not mean a compromised decision

37Last minute changes

Speeding up the city master planning process with CityEngine

This isn’t a game (mostly)

Thank YouElliot HartleyWork: www.garsdaledesign.co.ukPlay : www.geoplanit.co.ukContact : about.me/elliothartley

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