Desktop Site Overview — A full desktop review scene for a hillside villa in Montagnola, combining transparent architectural geometry, terrain context, drainage flow, vegetation, solar exposure, parcel boundaries, and compact site metrics.

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Architectural Site Intelligence

Montagnola Villa

Hillside villa review app for Montagnola combining 3D architecture, terrain, hydrology, vegetation, solar exposure, and site constraints.

Year

2026

Duration

6 months

Location

Montagnola, Ticino, Switzerland

Surfaces

Stack

Architecture

GCPPostgreSQL with PostGIS

Mapping

ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScriptArcGIS SceneViewArcGIS Scene LayersSwissTopoSwiss cadastral and elevation dataCAD-derived 3D building assetsTerrain, hydrology, vegetation, and solar-analysis layers

Code

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptSwiftUIRealityKitWebGLPython geospatial processingGDAL

OpenAI Responses APIGeminiSite constraint summary agentsDesign review assistantsNatural-language GIS query support

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

Details

Desktop, tablet, and mobile architectural GIS application for a hillside villa in Montagnola, Ticino

Combined 3D architectural geometry with Swiss terrain, parcel context, contours, slope, vegetation, drainage, solar exposure, and setback layers

Supported design review across overview, terrain analysis, mobile field review, technical overlay, hillside context, and section-cut inspection modes

Used ArcGIS scene rendering with CAD-derived building assets, elevation data, hydrology vectors, canopy information, and compact 2D map insets

Included level callouts, site metadata, elevation bands, slope percentages, drainage direction, vegetation density, and runoff-risk indicators

Integrated AI-assisted summaries for site constraints, water flow, solar exposure, terrain risk, and design-review notes

Designed for architecture, planning review, environmental coordination, field discussion, and client presentation workflows