Digital Technology in Denver

Plant Factory Vegetation Rendered in Vue image: Matt Wilkens, KTU+A — Plant Factory Vegetation Rendered in Vue
image: Matt Wilkens, KTU+A

We are all very excited for the upcoming ASLA Annual Meeting in Denver! This past year, digital technologies have greatly modified the way we do business, and many of these new technologies will be featured at this year’s Annual Meeting. Outlined below are a few of our favorite picks for education sessions and vendor booths to stop by and learn a thing or two. The education offerings span the spectrum from hand-drawn graphic integration, to CAD, to 3D technologies, to Geodesign.

I hope that everyone attending the Annual Meeting will also join us at the PPN Networking Reception on Friday, November 21 from 5:15-7:15 pm in Room 201, Colorado Convention Center, and the Digital Technology PPN Meeting on Saturday, November 22 from 9:15-10:45 am in PPN Room 2 on the EXPO floor near ASLA Central.

At the Digital Technology PPN Meeting on Saturday morning, we will discuss our PPN’s goals for the upcoming year, have a new technologies roundtable, I will give a quick demonstration of this year’s 3D improvements, and then I will turn it over to our new PPN Chair, Ryan Deane, for a quick demonstration of some other digital technology improvements for productivity.

Below are sessions and meetings for those interested in maximizing their digital technology learning experience at the Annual Meeting.

Notre Dame Campus Crossroads Project (Revit, Civil 3D & Lumion Rendering) image: Ryan Deane & Brendan O'Rourke, The SLAM Collaborative — Notre Dame Campus Crossroads Project (Revit, Civil 3D & Lumion Rendering)
image: Ryan Deane & Brendan O’Rourke, The SLAM Collaborative

Recommended Digital Technology Education Sessions & Events

Friday, November 21

8:30 – 10:00 am, FRI-A02 3D Printing: The Rebirth of Physical Model Making
Room: Mile High 4A, 1.5 PDH
10:30 am – 12:00 pm, FRI-B08, Oil in the Fields: Mapping, Fracking, and Landscape Architecture in North Dakota
Room: Mile High 1A, 1.5 PDH
5:15 – 7:15 pm, PPN Networking Reception
Room 201, Colorado Convention Center

Saturday, November 22

9:15 – 10:45 am, Digital Technology PPN Meeting
PPN Room 2, EXPO floor
11:00 am – 12:30 pm, SAT-A08 Freehand Visions: Sketching Design Ideas in a Digital World
Room: Four Seasons 4, 1.5 PDH
2:30 – 4:00 pm, SAT-B03 Digital Visualization: Have We Lost Connection with Reality?
Room: Mile High 3C, 1.5 PDH

Sunday, November 23

11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Learning Lab 1: Nemetschek Vectorworks – BIM for Site Design and Planning

Monday, November 24

8:00 – 9:30 am, MON-A02 Designing Habitats with Technology
Room: Mile High 3C, 1.5 PDH
10:00 – 11:30 am, MON-B02 Hand Drawing and 3D Modeling: Hybrid Methods for Design Visualization
Room: Mile High 4A, 1.5 PDH
3:30 – 5:00 pm, MON-D04 The Residential Trifecta: Connecting 2D Plans, 3D Models, and Project Management
Room: Mile High 1A, 1.5 PDH

Eastern Connecticut State University Fine Arts & Campus Improvements (Revit, Civil 3D & Lumion Rendering) image: Ryan Deane, The SLAM Collaborative — Eastern Connecticut State University Fine Arts & Campus Improvements (Revit, Civil 3D & Lumion Rendering)
image: Ryan Deane, The SLAM Collaborative

Recommended EXPO Exhibitors

Aleph Objects, Booth 414 (3D Printing)
Ambit 3D, Booth 1347 (Daniel Tal Services)
ARCOM – MasterSpec Specifications, Booth 820
CADdetails, Booth 809
DynaSCAPE Software, Booth 1447 (Business and design software)
Esri, Booth 1236 (GIS software)
Houzz, Booth 150 (Home design ideas, products, and professionals)
Land F/X, Booth 1117 (Landscape and irrigation design software)
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., Booth 1106 (Landscape and site plan design software)
SketchUp, Booth 1348 (3D modeling software)