Desktop Masterplan Overview — A full map-first planning view showing the Lugano neighborhood framework with proposed civic spaces, green corridors, rain gardens, pedestrian connections, mobility nodes, planting, buildings, contours, water, and project intervention layers.

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Landscape Planning GIS

Lugano Landscape Framework

Interactive Lugano design atlas for public space, green infrastructure, mobility, stormwater, and ecological planning.

Year

2024

Duration

3 months

Location

Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Surfaces

Stack

Architecture

GCPPostGIS

Mapping

MapLibre GL JSCustom vector map stylingSwissTopo-style local GIS dataOpenStreetMapCadastral parcel dataTree canopy and green infrastructure layersStormwater and mobility networksContour and terrain context

Code

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptWebGLPostGIS SQLPython geospatial processingResponsive map interface components

GeminiVertex AIAI-assisted planning summariesIntervention description generationStakeholder explanation workflowsSpatial QA review agents

Conceptual application work, created with the listed platforms and APIs and tested across the indicated surfaces.

Details

Multi-device planning application for a Lugano landscape architecture and urban design project delivered in 2024

Map-first interactive design atlas for exploring public space, mobility, stormwater, green infrastructure, ecological connections, and neighborhood-scale interventions

Custom vector cartography with cadastral parcels, building footprints, roads, rail, pedestrian networks, terrain contours, water, planting, and intervention layers

Elegant custom callout system using React overlay components projected onto exact map coordinates, with leader lines, selected states, metrics, and Italian-language labels

Desktop, tablet, and phone layouts for design review, stakeholder presentations, site visits, and focused intervention inspection

GIS production workflow using QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, PostGIS, AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, and cloud-hosted spatial datasets

AI-assisted summaries for green corridors, stormwater strategy, pedestrian comfort, intervention benefits, and stakeholder-friendly public-space descriptions