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    Planning Photomontage of a Camden Infill Block

    Planning photomontage of a Camden infill block composites the proposed development into a photograph of the existing street, so the scheme is judged in its street wall. The viewpoint is a straight-on frame from the opposite footway.

    The photomontage is built from a 3D model of the drawings over a survey photograph. It is prepared as visual evidence for the planning submission.

    Planning photomontage of a contemporary infill block between Victorian terraces
    From the opposite footway of this Camden street: the proposed infill block of new homes stands in the gap in the street wall, brick matched to the Victorian terraces either side. Stucco bays, parked cars, lamp column, plane trees and a post box hold the frame to the existing street.
    Existing street scene from the same viewpoint, the vacant gap site between Victorian terraces
    The existing street from the identical viewpoint, before the proposed block. Hoarding and rough ground fill the gap, and the exposed flank walls of both neighbours carry their old chimney breasts.

    The street wall, the matched brick and the parapet

    The street wall, the matched brick and the parapet carry the evidence in this photomontage. The street wall is the continuous frontage of Victorian terraces with the gap for the new homes. The brick is matched to the neighbouring stock so the block reads as infill. The parapet sits with the neighbour rooflines, so the scale reads as a street, not as a stand-alone object.

    The frame is a straight-on across-the-road elevation of the whole frontage, from one camera position. The existing-scene frame from the same position is the second half of the pair.

    Unlike a verified view taken to AVR standards, this example is an illustrative photomontage, not a named live submission.