Assessing
Visualising
Shaping
Landscapes

WHAT WE DO

TRACE VISUAL PLANNING + DESIGN provides specialist services in visual planning in preparation of Landscape & Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), landscape assessments to inform decision making and design. With extensive experience in industry supported by research, TRACE can offer a specialised services addressing project needs and concerns.

TRACE offers exceptional capabilities in GIS, spatial analysis and modellings supported by research.

TRACE Values:
• Evidence-based thinking;
• Quality outcomes enriched by research and innovation;
• Specificity and efficiency;
• Responsibility, honesty and advocacy;

About Trace

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)

TRACE experience in the preparation of V...

Landscape Character Assessment (LCA)

Landscape Character is defined as...

Photomontage & GIS

TRACE provides exceptional modelling ser...

Landscape Architecture (Design & Documentation)

TRACE provides specialist services in La...

This collection includes selected photomontage simulations for various projects completed by Ata during his past employment at MODE. Ata as a court expert was engaged for various p...

Portfolio of Simulations

TRACE was engaged by visual amenity experts to prepare modelling and verified photomontage simulations for a multi-storey residential building at Indooroopilly, Brisbane. Virtual B...

Indooroopilly Appeal

TRACE prepared shadow modellings for a DA in Sunshine Coast. Overshadowing impacts resulted from the proposal was compared with the acceptable solution outcome to inform Council. C...

Opal Shadow Analysis

TRACE was engaged to prepare shadow modellings for a DA in Sunshine Coast. Overshadowing impacts resulted from the proposal was compared with the different scenarios outcome to inf...

Picnic Point Shadow Analysis

TRACE Director, Ata Tara, was contributed to various design projects during his past employment at MODE, Design. Key design projects include: Neighbourhood Park: Ata as part of ...

Portfolio of Design

TRACE was engaged to analyse impact of proposed resort in North Queensland on views to forested ridge lines. Skyline analysis in GIS provided a sophisticated tool to analyse potent...

Sightline Analysis

Updates

September

GeoArt Second Exhibition

The second GeoArt group exhibition by Ata Tara took place on Friday the 13th of September 2024 at the House of Persia (HOPE) in Me...

June

GeoArt Publication

The recent publication in the Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture (JoDLA) 2024 was presented in person at the conference hel...

Assessing Visualising Shaping Landscapes