For Design Studios

Landscape architecture design & production support for European design studios

Landscape design, 3D/BIM, planting and technical documentation support from a Budapest-based landscape architecture studio with 24 years of landscape architecture experience.

Landscape architecture support for busy design teams

Design studios often need additional specialist capacity at specific moments: during concept development, design development, 3D coordination, tender preparation, construction documentation or before an important deadline.

Our studio provides this support as a practising landscape architecture office, not as a generic drafting provider. We understand how landscape design connects spatial concept, technical requirements, planting knowledge, site conditions, climate adaptation, maintenance, coordination and issue-ready documentation.

Based in Budapest, our team offers flexible Central European landscape architecture support for studios working across Europe.

Who we support

We support European design teams that need reliable landscape architecture capacity for a defined project phase, drawing package, model coordination task or deadline period. This is especially relevant for:

  • Architecture studios with landscape components in their projects
  • Landscape architecture offices facing temporary production peaks
  • Urban design studios working on public realm or masterplanning assignments
  • Design teams preparing tender or construction-stage documentation
  • Studios needing 3D or BIM-aware landscape coordination
  • Developers and consultant teams requiring structured landscape input
  • Offices looking for flexible Central European design and production support

We are most useful where the design direction needs to be developed, tested, documented or coordinated with experienced landscape-specific judgement.

What we can help with

Landscape architecture design support

Concept development, design development and spatial refinement for landscape architecture, public realm, residential, institutional and urban projects.

  • Landscape concept design
  • Public realm design support
  • Residential and institutional landscape design
  • Masterplan and urban landscape input
  • Climate-adaptive landscape strategies and blue-green infrastructure
  • Design review and landscape consultancy

3D and BIM coordination support

We help translate landscape ideas into coordinated 3D and BIM-aware workflows where required by the project.

  • 3D landscape modelling
  • BIM-compatible landscape coordination
  • Model-based coordination with architecture and engineering teams
  • Terrain, surface and landscape element modelling
  • 3D studies for design development
  • File exchange based on agreed project standards

CAD and technical drawing production

We prepare, edit and coordinate landscape CAD drawings based on your design intent, project standards and drawing structure.

  • Landscape layout plans
  • Hardscape and softscape drawings
  • Surface and material plans
  • Detail drawings and drawing revisions
  • Issue-ready drawing packages
  • Coordination with architectural or engineering base drawings

Planting design and plant schedules

We develop planting documentation with practical landscape and horticultural awareness.

  • Planting concepts and planting plans
  • Plant lists and schedules
  • Tree, shrub, perennial and groundcover schemes
  • Species selection support
  • Planting density and layout development
  • Climate-conscious planting documentation

Tender and construction documentation

Structured landscape documentation for tender-stage and construction-stage packages.

  • Tender drawing packages
  • Construction documentation support
  • Technical drawing revisions
  • Drawing coordination
  • Quantity-related drawing support
  • Landscape content integration into wider design packages

Drawing cleanup and standardisation

We improve consistency, readability and coordination of drawing and model-based packages before external issue.

  • Layer and file structure cleanup
  • Sheet organisation and layout consistency
  • Drawing legibility checks
  • Coordination of landscape content with base plans
  • Preparing files for review, tender or issue

Why work with our studio

24 years of landscape architecture practice

Our Budapest-based studio has 24 years of landscape architecture experience. We understand the design and technical logic behind the drawings, models and documentation we produce.

Design partner, not just production capacity

We are a practising landscape architecture studio. Our support is informed by real project experience, not only CAD or modelling capacity.

Broad project experience

Public spaces, residential environments, institutional landscapes and urban projects where landscape design must respond to architecture, infrastructure, planting conditions, maintenance and everyday use.

CAD, 3D and BIM-aware workflows

The 4D team is used to structured drawing production, coordinated base files, clear layers, revisions, sheet organisation, 3D coordination and issue-ready documentation.

Practical planting knowledge

Planting design requires more than graphic layout. It requires understanding of plant behaviour, site conditions, long-term maintenance and climate realities.

Flexible Central European capacity

Based in Budapest, our studio can provide professional external landscape architecture support for European studios in a flexible, structured and cost-conscious way.

A reliable external partner, not a competing design office

When working with an external design and documentation partner, studios need clarity, discretion and predictable collaboration. Our studio works within the agreed project structure: we support the lead office, respect existing client relationships and handle shared project materials with care and confidentiality. Where required, we can also work under an NDA or agree project-based non-circumvention terms.

Design direction, client communication, drawing standards, model standards and approval processes remain clearly defined. The 4D Landscape Architecture team can work in the background, as part of your extended team or as a specialist landscape architecture partner for a defined project phase.

  • Project-based scope definition
  • Agreed drawing, model and documentation standards
  • Clear file exchange and revision process
  • Regular progress updates
  • Confidential handling of project materials
  • NDA if required
  • Support behind the lead designer
  • Respect for existing client relationships

The goal is to make your design and documentation process easier, not more complicated.

Selected project experience

4D Landscape Architecture has worked on a broad range of landscape architecture projects over 24 years — from urban public spaces to residential developments and complex multidisciplinary assignments. A selection:

Millenáris Széllkapu Park

Budapest · Public park

BIG SEE Award-winning public park on a former industrial site — intensive green surfaces over structures, complex multidisciplinary coordination and full landscape documentation.

Southern Tisza Bridge | Szeged

Szeged · Infrastructure / public realm

Landscape architecture for a new Tisza bridge and its urban connections — coordination with bridge and transport engineers, public realm design at infrastructure scale.

Tihany-rév Public Passenger Harbour

Tihany · Public space

Public realm design for the Lake Balaton ferry harbour — a heritage-sensitive setting combining visitor flows, hard landscape detailing and planting.

Tihany Private Garden

Tihany · Private garden

A terraced private garden above Lake Balaton — detailed planting design, natural stone detailing and close coordination with architects and builders.

How collaboration works

Initial project review

Send us a short project description, current design stage, expected deliverables, available files, model or drawing standards and deadline. Sample drawings, CAD/BIM standards or a marked-up task list are also welcome.

Scope definition

We agree on the exact support scope: project phase, design or documentation tasks, file formats, CAD/3D/BIM standards, communication process, milestones, deadline and estimated workload.

Design and production support

We work within the agreed structure and provide regular progress updates — from design development, 3D modelling and planting documentation to tender-stage drawing packages.

Review and revision

Your team remains in control of the design direction. We incorporate comments, refine the documentation and prepare the agreed package for delivery.

Recurring support where useful

If the collaboration works well, our studio can become a recurring external landscape architecture partner for future projects or deadline-heavy periods.

Discuss your project with Andrea

For project enquiries, collaboration requests or drawing/model package reviews, please contact Andrea Balogh and the 4D Landscape Architecture team.

Andrea will help assess the project stage, the required support, the expected workload and the most practical collaboration model.

Project enquiry

Use the form below to send a short project description, current design stage, expected support and deadline. If available, you can also share a drawing/model package for review by email.