Research on Technological Application System of Landscape Information Modeling Orientated to Professional Practice: The Establishment of LIM Platform for Design Enterprises

For Landscape Information Modeling (LIM), it is necessary to perform systematic application research to meet the requirements from professional practice. Under such a background, to establish the design enterprise LIM platform that effectively responds to the requirements from practical applications, this paper studies the methods of establishing the LIM application system with the integration of hardware, software, network and teamwork. The research adopts a through-project-based designerly research approach. The research process includes theoretical study, system prototyping and system deployment. An experimental landscape information modeling technological application system, whose essential component is LIM workflow, is conducted by developing Autodesk Civil 3D and Revit enterprise templates, deploying “fog computing” technology-supported LIM coordinating design platform, as well as composing operating and managing manual. As the outcomes of 12 experimental design projects suggest, the LIM platform is a professionally significant technological approach to the informationization of the landscape architecture practice.