Roland Beinert

I’m no expert on what should or shouldn’t be allowed in LEED, since I’m not even LEED AP. But I do know that some companies will say or do anything when their profits are threatened, and that includes spreading disinformation about how green their product is and bashing LEED when they can’t find a way to greenwash their product.
I agree the USGBC…[Read more]

Just created a BIM and BIM Software group here on Land8, if anyone wants to join.
https://land8.com/group/bim-and-bim-software

I’m glad to see there’s a new blog in English. I’ve seen a few other blogs and they’re usually in Norwegian or some other language.

I stumbled across this video a few days ago, which might help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7r28EMrzFM
If you decide you really need new software for BIM, I’m not sure civil 3d by itself would be the best option. You might want to look into Landcadd, which can work with either revit or civil 3d.
Working with revit by itself isn’t impossible for…[Read more]

I guess if I have to explain a joke, it was never funny. So, I apologize for my stupid joke. I was not seriously suggesting anything computer related. I completely agree that CAD would be inappropriate (and far too expensive) for an 11 year old.

I was kidding about autocad. I guess I should have put a smiley face behind that so that people wouldn’t consider it a serious suggestion, even though I began the next sentence with “seriously”.
As I said, I think a set of drawing tools and a book would be good. If Trace has any of her old hand graphics books from college, it might be a good…[Read more]

You could get her a copy of AutoCAD.
Seriously, I think a set of drawing tools and maybe a book would be good.

I suppose if you completely reject all urbanization, you kind of have to reject the idea of global warming to justify all the car use needed for everyone to live in rural areas.
While I don’t agree with SS27 about global warming, or that urbanization is inherently bad (plenty of people choose to live in cities), I do think landscape architects s…[Read more]

Sounds like it’s more likely to replace civil engineers than us. I didn’t see anything in the video that suggested it could design a planting bed (even if it can place trees, that’s not a whole planting plan) or a paving pattern or a park.
I have heard of computer programs that can create music that people find pleasing, though.

The problem for the few of us who want to use Revit and other BIM software, is that there aren’t a lot of other landscape architects out there using it yet. So, we have to figure out a lot of this stuff on our own. None of that makes it impossible to work with, though. I think it’s a matter of adapting it to your needs over time and knowing when…[Read more]

We are not allowed to tell you what the ‘8’ means. Instead you will have to figure it out for yourself through a series of clues hidden throughout the website. The answer will astound you!
Once you understand the true meaning of the ‘8’, you will become a full member in the lounge. Until then… good luck.
🙂

ok, you got me, Trace. I have no clue how or even if they sterilize the foam pieces.

Aren’t all playgrounds dirt and disease attractors? Who sterilizes the chains you hold onto on swings?

As much fun as it is to bash architects for over-stepping their bounds, I think the idea of giant foam bricks might have really appealed to me as a kid. I played with legos a lot as a kid, and enjoyed building blanket forts, too. 

I kind of wish this conversation had continued. There’s not a lot of information out there about how landscape architects use revit (aside from this: http://ladcourses.blogspot.com/2013/04/lad202-bim-for-landscape-architecture.html). I’ve been learning mostly from a book called Revit 2014: No Experience Required, which is written from the p…[Read more]

You mean Village Homes? Maybe West Village?

By the way, for anyone interested, Jan Gehl has a new book out called How to Study Public Life.

The author of the article (Kaid Benfield) is probably someone who a lot of landscape architects would like, if they read his other blog posts. He is often bringing up the importance of green space. I suspect he was writing mainly about architects.
On the other hand, how many landscape architects are really doing the sort of work Jan Gehl does?…[Read more]

Both universities I went to had at least one CAD class. After those classes, there was no requirement to use the skills you learned there, though. My CAD skills faded after that one class at the University of Wisconsin, because, given the choice, I used hand graphics. It wasn’t until I was working that I realized what a mistake it was to let those…[Read more]