Landscape Architecture



 

Southlands Riding Club
Durante Kreuk Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada

The site plan development goals are to develop a balanced plan which

* Provides for a first class equestrian centre which meets the needs of the Club.
* Provides for environmental enhancement.
* Respects the character of the neighbourhood.
* Meets the requirements of existing zoning regulations.
* Respects the Club's limited financial resources by providing for maximum return for money invested.
* Minimizes disruption to the club as facilities are developed (as much as possible).

Peter Kreuk - Partner in Charge
Brian Huculak - Associate
Pawel Gradowski - Project Landscape Architect

 

 

The original PowerCADD isometric rendering was edited in Photoshop and then placed back into PowerCADD.
Original sheet size: 24 x 36 inches printed on textured art paper.

 

 

Here's a close-up of the axonometric master plan. On the left is the original PowerCADD isometric rendering.

On the right is the after using the Photoshop pastel filter and placing the image back into PowerCADD.

 

 

The master plan is 36 x 48 inches and printed on textured art paper.

 

 

On the left is the original PowerCADD plan view rendering.

On the right is the image with the Photoshop pastel filter applied and then the image is placed back into PowerCADD.

 

 

PowerCADD was used to generate all the 2D plan and isometric renderings seen here. Full size (24 x 36 and 36 x48) renderings were used for presentation to the Club's board of directors, membership meetings and public open houses. After the design review process, reductions were printed at 11x17 for private fund raising meetings.

PowerCADD's gradient tool and WildTools 3D module was used extensively for the isometric rendering and for portions of the plan view. The original PowerCADD graphics looked pretty darn good, but we wanted to take things to another level while still not blowing the fee (that's right... making a $'s is a good thing !).

For added effect, the final approved design renderings were exported using PowerCADD's export graphics external. The images were imported into Photoshop where a rough pastel filter was applied. Final presentation boards were created by using PowerCADD's Place command to import the Photoshop renderings and with the final layout, title block, labeling and printing being completed entirely in PowerCADD. To finish things off, PowerCADD's Export Graphics external and Place command were used to prepare the graphics for this web presentation, now, that's a turn-key operation!

Brian Huculak
Associate
Durante Kreuk Ltd