{"id":1393,"date":"2014-01-15T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2020-07-09T10:53:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T09:53:22","slug":"using-cityengine-to-model-the-garden-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"Using CityEngine to model the Garden City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Updated: as of 9th July 2020 refreshed link to CityEngine WebScene and added featured image<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_1394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1394\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=189a2f3543534d55a458669384b5624e\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1394\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1394 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity00.png?resize=614%2C379\" alt=\"GardenCity00\" width=\"614\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity00.png?resize=1024%2C631&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity00.png?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity00.png?w=1522&amp;ssl=1 1522w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity00.png?w=1392 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Garden City (not a funny hybrid international looking city you see here)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Any town planner especially one taught in the UK has seen this diagram by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ebenezer_Howard\">Ebenezor Howard<\/a>, and so I had to have a go creating it. \u00a0Even though it clearly says its a &#8216;diagram only&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Really this is again demonstrating the power of CityEngine as a modelling tool, we can run through hypothetical scenarios quickly and easily. \u00a0 I hope to make this model better by adding reporting, so we know how many people can live and work in this diagram. \u00a0As well as making things look a bit more realistic I need to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8216;Grand Avenue&#8217; would surely not be a forest and more a formal park environment?<\/li>\n<li>The roads should have more trees!<\/li>\n<li>The low-level housing should be more, well British looking, where&#8217;s the terrace and cul-de-sac?<\/li>\n<li>The railway is a light rail here and elevated, perhaps this needs rethinking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So do you have any suggestions? \u00a0 You can comment directly on the 3D model (if you have an ArcGIS account)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gd3d.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/CEWebViewer\/viewer.html?3dWebScene=b5e6236db50847ac854ac4eae2e2d523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To view this scene in 3D click here, (or on the images above and below)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=189a2f3543534d55a458669384b5624e\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1395\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1395\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity_00.jpg?resize=614%2C368\" alt=\"GardenCity_00\" width=\"614\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity_00.jpg?resize=1024%2C613&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity_00.jpg?resize=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity_00.jpg?w=1570&amp;ssl=1 1570w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geoplanit.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GardenCity_00.jpg?w=1392 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: as of 9th July 2020 refreshed link to CityEngine WebScene and added featured image Any town planner especially one taught in the UK has seen this diagram by Ebenezor Howard, and so I had to have a go creating it. \u00a0Even though it clearly says its a &#8216;diagram only&#8217;. 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