KH Webb was custom designing a residential home in Vail CO. Their clients are avid outdoors people, and enjoyed the year round recreating available in the Vail Valley. The architect wanted to incorporate a custom trail map into their dedicated ski room. The map needed to feature an expansive area, including Vail Mountain’s ski runs, and local hiking trails.
The Eagle Valley Land Trust wanted to honor a long time member of their efforts by creating a new award called the Steinberg Conservation Leadership Award. This 3d relief award needed to incorporate GIS data, high resolution imagery, and parcel outlines that the Land Trust has so far conserved in their efforts. The final product was meant to be displayed on a desk or mount to a wall.
A private client was looking for a bespoke center piece to have in their living room that enhanced their love of skiing and understanding of the terrain. Vail Mountain is a dense tapestry of ski runs and back bowls, so it was clear that the map needed to have three dimensionality. The family wanted to gather around this at the end of a ski day, so we had the opportunity to play with size and scale.
Aqua Strategies came to LGM for a Water Planning model of Millers Creek Reservoir. The main goal was to assist in client communication, so the map needed to be colorized. There is an existing dam structure on site that needed to be considered for any future planning, so accuracy was important.