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Calling all urban planners and real estate developers in Toronto. It’s time to take your planning, design, and development skills to the next level by learning SketchUp. 

Learning how to build a 3D-form in its context will allow you to understand the potential development of a given site, and calculate its Gross Floor Area for the purpose of preliminary review and analysis. 

Key Takeaways:
- Use the software’s fundamental tools
- Assess a site’s development potential in the physical environment
- Create schematic models as both stand-alone and in-context visualizations
- Calculate Gross Floor Area (GFA)
- Download and apply the City of Toronto’s SketchUp tiles

- Conduct a Shadow Study to assess the potential height limit

- Apply a 45-degree Angular Plane

- Have access to the Smart Density SketchUp kit

*This workshop will be taught using SketchUp version 2017, although any version of SketchUp is acceptable. Participants are responsible for having access to the software for the workshop. 

Facilitator(s): Naama Blonder, B.Arch, OAA, RPP, MCIP

Naama Blonder is an architect and urban planner (OAA, RPP, OPPI). She has used SketchUp as a design and feasibility tool in her work for over a decade. Naama put together this unique course for urban planners and real estate professionals to help her colleagues and clients learn how to asses the viability of a development project, especially at the early stages.   

Fees:

Members: $400 + HST

Non-Members: $500 + HST

OPPI Student Member/Retired Member: $340 + HST

Download a FREE SketchUp trial version here!

Please note that registration in this workshop is intended for one person only. The Zoom link will be emailed upon registration. Participants must attend live as session recordings are not provided. Please check your email (including spam folders) for Zoom links and any additional resources. When registering, we suggest clicking on the option to add this event to your calendar for convenient access to the date and time of the workshop. Workshop Zoom links will be emailed upon registration and again the day prior to the first workshop. If you have not received a Zoom link 12 hours prior to the workshop, please contact events@ontarioplanners.ca.

CANCELLATION POLICY FOR OPPI EVENTS

• Full refund: requires a minimum of one month's notice
• 75% refund: requires 2-4 weeks' notice
• No refund: if less that 2 weeks' notice