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Visual Impact Study & Mitigation Proposal:

The use of photographic images form the basis of most landscape studies and are taken in accordance to specific standards. By helping clairfy context, they formed part of the legal presentation for a public hearing on whether a proposed group of buildings would visually detract from the greater landscape deemed to be of cultural significance. The report not only included the visual impact study but also a proposal to mitigate concerns by providing a 10 year staged plan to revegetate the area using ecological principles of plant succession. 

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Visual Impact Study to gage visibility and impact of several buildings near an adjacent valued landscape
Use of photography important within all landuse studies

Visual Impact Study:

Set within an area identified as having Outstanding Natural Features & Landscape Values this study was part of the permitting process. It addressed what, if any, the visual impact would be from a proposal to increase the overall size of an existing building as well as potential impacts and means of protecting adjacent plant communities. 

Photo of skiers on site
Image of ski hut at night
Aphoto taken on a project in which a visual impact study was carried out

Visual & Landscape Impact Study:

Plans for an open-cast coal mine on an exposed plateau triggered the legal requirement of an impact study. The shaded  area below indicates the proposed area of operations. Despite the existance of an open cast coal mine in an adjacent valley the proposed development would have been considerably more visible and it was also near an area of historic interest.  

View across study area from beyong the site
Helecopter used in Landscape Study
Boundary of proposed coal mine
Aerial view of an existing coal mine
Part of a Landscape Study undertaken to establish the impact of coal mining

BEND, OR

 

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SEATTLE, WA

 

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