Coastal Site Overview — A desktop site-review scene showing a proposed residence in steep shoreline terrain with property limits, view corridor, boathouse, terrace, coastal setback, and shoreline setback callouts.

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Architectural GIS Planning

Vancouver Coastal Residence

Coastal residence planning app for West Vancouver with terrain, CAD/BIM geometry, constraints, massing, and mobile review.

Year

2025

Duration

4 months

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Surfaces

Stack

Architecture

GCPPostGISAutodesk Platform Services

Mapping

Google Maps Platform Photorealistic 3D TilesCesiumJSOGC 3D TilesArcGIS ProArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript SceneViewMapbox GL JSThree.jsTurf.js

Code

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptWebGLglTF/GLBPython geospatial processingResponsive PWA patterns

OpenAI Responses APIGeminiPlanning-document retrieval agentsCAD/BIM metadata summarizationSite constraint explanation agentsDesign review QA assistants

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

Details

2025 architectural GIS application for reviewing a high-end coastal residence across desktop and mobile

Realistic 3D shoreline terrain with a georeferenced residence model, property lines, view corridors, terraces, boathouse, and setback callouts

CAD/BIM-to-web workflow for model geometry, building levels, envelopes, dimensions, and selected architectural metadata

Planning analytics for shoreline setbacks, coastal setbacks, slope relationships, retaining walls, shadow exposure, glazing ratio, and site area

Responsive review surfaces tuned for executive desktop review, technical massing analysis, and mobile property summaries

GIS backend for parcels, zoning, terrain, LiDAR, environmental layers, view analysis, and planning constraints

AI-assisted summaries for site constraints, planning documents, drawing metadata, project changes, and stakeholder-ready review notes