Virtual Town Model – Superior, CO

Overview

In an effort to help both the community and decisions makers understand how each phase of the anticipated 2,300 dwelling unit Superior Town Center Planned Development built out would fit into the big picture they solicited help to improve their development review process. We built a an interactive 3D model of the entire region that could be explored from any view point, time of day, all live and on demand. At planning commission and Town Board hearings we flew, drove, and walked through each proposed development phase as they came forward.

Challenge

Create a consistent visualization experience such that each phase of development could be accurately and equitably reviewed. This experience needed to demonstrate how views of the Front Range would be affected by development, if protected airspace was violated, and how each final development proposal would dove-tail with its neighbors.

Outcome

For nearly six years Superior’s Virtual Town Model was a required part of the review process and was instrumental in providing a transparent and reliable medium for over a dozen development proposals.