I have been working as a landscape architect using BIM as a tool to deliver outcomes specific to landscape for some seven years now, on projects in both India and Australia, and I believe BIM is revolutionizing the landscape industry worldwide. From a practitioner’s perspective, BIM has many pros, as well as some cons, as outlined below.
Pros:
1. More holistic approach in the design stage
BIM can help landscape architects to amplify their work (the landscape), enabling the spatial elements of a design to be understood better by all the different disciplinary teams and consultants working on a project and enabling a more holistic design approach – from site analysis and early concept design through to design development and construction documentation.
