Minimal Landscaping in Urban settings

It is only something I noticed doing some of my research for 3D model purposes.  Of the places I have read about and seen (and believe me, there are a lot of places), I have noticed fairly minimal landscaping in the streetscapes.  Some streets do have some of the basic items: trees and grass strips, but there are some scenes with almost no landscaping to speak of. 

Suburban placed in Urban

This stemmed from conversation about the 3D models and the general ideas of urban infill and suburban retrofitting.  A question from the discussion concerned the demolition of urban and long established environments for the creation of completely suburban entities.

"Is suburban-to-urban redevelopment in urban areas, the only option?"

I'll give a few thoughts to outline.

East High Street model, Hamilton Ohio, 2012 ("the preview")

Greetings all,

I apologize for yet another delay in posting.  I've been caught up in the next 3D sketchup model and admittedly I can bury myself in these things very deeply.

This post is a break from what I thought would be the blog format of looking at the past models, reviewing them and highlighting anything learned since then.  Instead, we're skipping around in the listing taking a brief and informal look at the most recent model, East High Street, Hamilton Ohio.  The reason for the switch, demand from others, which goes to show what could happen if you just ask me.

Hamilton Crossings 3D Model Part 4 - Follow Up

Previously on Planner 47 Blog

Hamilton Crossings was uploaded and reviewed (the relevant part can be found here)

And now the follow up.

Hamilton Crossings 3D Model - Part 3 (Review/Wrap Up)

Model: Hamilton Crossings Retrofit
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Original Completion Date: February 2010

Part 1
&
Part 2

This post is the review and wrap up of Hamilton Crossings Retrofit.  It is a look at key elements of the model, notable items and a generalized evaluation of the work.  There is also discussion on influences on other models and ideas gathered from this exercise where possible.


Buildings:


Since the buildings and designs are based on the Hamilton Plaza model, its primarily a like for like evaluation.  The designs are more simple and rudimentary, though that works out better for a conceptual design.  Later models show more detail being put into the buildings and layout, though currently speaking this is a double-edged sword that will be described as the blog moves forward.

Hamilton Crossings 3D Model - Part 2 (Tour)

Model: Hamilton Crossings Retrofit
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Original Completion Date: February 2010

Part 1
(just in case you missed it)


This is the tour portion of the model, the part where screenshots are shared of the sketchup model in question.  After this is the review and introspection, but for now, please enjoy the model.


The main entrance area:

Looking down the "main street" strip for the model

Hamilton Crossings 3D Model - Part 1

Model: Hamilton Crossings Retrofit
Location: Hamilton, Ohio
Original Completion Date: February 2010

This is the second of two 3D model projects for Route 4 shopping centers.  The other model, Hamilton Plaza (wrap up found here, follow up here), was completed before this one.  Overall, for Hamilton Crossings I wanted to keep some consistency with Hamilton Plaza while still trying some design and facility variations.