A Dead-Mall Site Pipeline: Five Tools, Four Handoffs
I built a planning-level site model for a 64-acre closed mall in Pennsylvania in seven weeks. OpenRoads handled ground and corridors, Archshaper handled building massing, Cityweft generated block schemes, InfraWorks assembled the public-facing scene, and GenAnywhere filled one unsurveyed parcel. The hard parts were coordinate registration, exclusion polygons, and keeping generated geometry out of…
A seven-week planning-level site model was created for a 64-acre closed mall in Pennsylvania. The project utilized five tools: OpenRoads, Archshaper, Cityweft, InfraWorks, and GenAnywhere. The initial challenge was coordinate registration and ensuring generated geometry remained out of uncounted areas. OpenRoads handled ground and corridors, Archshaper tested building massing, Cityweft generated block schemes, InfraWorks assembled the scene for public viewing, and GenAnywhere filled an uncharted parcel.
The deliverable consisted of three redevelopment schemes presented at a June hearing, not construction documents.
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