ABSTRACT
Digital topographic modeling has become a fundamental practice in the field of landscape architecture for analysis, design alteration/iteration, and representation. This chapter will introduce workflows regarding the creation of territorial and site scale models, presenting strategies for manipulating native Rhino geometries to rapidly model various landform scenarios. Methods of acquiring topographic data (as typically processed with ArcMap) will be discussed in choreography with streamlined Rhino workflows for quickly outputting accurate site models. The processes used in this chapter’s tutorials will be based in the fundamental concepts explored previously. Specifically, the chapter will leverage the parameters and data associated with typical Rhino geometry to automate the modeling of landform scenarios towards both traditional and speculative design proposals.
