Visualization of the Site
Jan 28th, 2012 by Matteo Agnoloni
Since the weather has been pretty horrible this past week, we haven’t been able to get some quality pictures of the Buchanan courtyards. We were given a document by Dean when we met on Friday, and inside the document there was a computerized picture of the site. Keep in mind, the document he gave us only included information leading up to the development of the courtyards, but from our tour with Dean, we can safely say that this picture is almost identical to what the courtyards look like.
We will be working on getting some of our own photos of the site once the weather makes a turn for the better.
This is all great!
Yes – it’s too bad about the rain. On the other hand, would seeing the site in the rain help you with the assessment? (eg, Is the water pooling? Where are the drains? – that sort of thing.)
The background info you’ve provided about the site is good. Now, I’m really curious about the Sustainable Sites Initiative!
Keep of the good work!
Susan Nesbit
Hi Team,
I have YVR rainfall intensity data, as well as a backgrounder in stormwater drainage calculations and some simplifications that you can make in order to estimate flows for the Buchanan site. Please contact me via e-mail and I will forward this info to you.
Regards,
Susan Nesbit
Yes, you would think that with all the precipitation we’ve been having the channel and rain garden would be full. But not so! I wonder if it is over “designed”.
This is really important to gage. Are landscape architects designing appropriate and functioning systems – or simply landscapes that “celebrate and reveal” hoped for hydrological effects? Interesting…