Project snapshot
A residential village in Australia spanning approximately 20.9 hectares across three buildings, requiring a complete development application (DA) documentation package. Away Digital modeled existing site conditions and developed a full drawing set – from initial sketches through to DA-ready output – within a six-month program.
Project overview
Location – Australia
Sector – Residential village
Duration – 6 months
Scope of work
Project stage: Development application (DA) documentation
Scale: Approximately 20.9 hectares, three buildings
Team: 2 dedicated team members
Key deliverables
- Landscape and site plans showing land levels and outdoor layout
- Complete building documentation sets developed from design sketches
- National Construction Code (NCC)-compliant building plans verified against current Australian building codes
- Development drawings ready for DA submission
Services delivered:
- Coordinated site analysis to develop accurate landscape and topographic models
- Translation of initial sketches and conceptual designs into detailed development drawings
Project challenges
- Accurate tree placement across a 20.9-hectare site was prohibitively time-consuming to model manually
- NCC compliance needed to be tracked and verified against a design that was actively changing throughout the engagement
Key outcomes
- Complete, code-compliant building and landscape documentation delivered within the six-month program
- Custom Dynamo script developed to automate tree placement, significantly reducing manual modeling time and improving positional accuracy at scale
- Design Options workflow allowed NCC compliance to be checked across multiple layout iterations simultaneously, keeping the main file clean while the design evolved
- Client impressed with visual accuracy and the speed at which different design versions could be produced
Project summary
This project demonstrated Away Digital’s capability to solve complex modeling challenges through scripting and structured BIM workflows. The combination of Dynamo automation and Design Options allowed the team to maintain pace and accuracy across a large, evolving site – delivering a complete DA package on program and to a high standard of visual accuracy.
