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A site plan in one minute: the editor at Haus am Horn
TerraSight's basic features on video, at four times the speed — plus a few facts about the first Bauhaus house.
Screenshot of the TerraSight editor, Weimar. Parcels and aerial image: © GDI-Th, dl-de/by-2-0; map: © GeoBasis-DE / BKG (2026) CC BY 4.0; © OpenStreetMap contributors. Data edited for display.
One address, one click, a finished site plan. In the video we show you TerraSight's basic features at Haus am Horn in Weimar. It runs at four times the speed, so in real time it all takes about four minutes.
From map view to plan
Search for an address and frame the view on the map. A click on “Process this view” loads the official data: buildings, parcels, roads, green space and water. The preview already shows the place in 3D, with shadows and a count of the trees and buildings it found. “Edit in editor” opens the plan so you can keep drawing.
Four views of one place
- 2D: The site plan itself. This is where you draw, label and colour.
- 3D: The buildings as massing, with sun position and shadows.
- Cadastre: Parcels and land use. Select a parcel and the side panel shows its area, possible ratios such as site coverage (GRZ) and floor area ratio (GFZ), and the standard land value.
- LCA: A first estimate of embodied emissions to DIN EN 15978. You pick the building type, the rest is estimated.
What you see in the editor
- Tree AI: Drag an area over the aerial image and the AI finds the trees in it. You check the circles, correct their sizes and add them to the plan.
- Presets: One click recolours the whole plan. In the video we switch from Standard to Autumn. More about presets
- Import your own plans: Place your floor plan on the site plan as a PDF, SVG, DXF or image, then move, rotate and scale it into position.
- Focus area: Outline the plot and the surroundings fade out softly, so the design takes centre stage.
- Objects: Add buildings, trees, a north arrow and a scale bar in a few clicks.
Finally, export the plan as PDF, SVG or DXF and carry on in your CAD or layout software.
Why Haus am Horn?
Because it is a site plan classic that almost everyone knows from their studies. A few facts for your next coffee break:
- It is the first building built on Bauhaus ideas. The painter Georg Muche designed it in 1923; Adolf Meyer of Walter Gropius's office managed the construction.
- The house was built as a model home for the first major Bauhaus exhibition and was finished after about four months.
- The plan is a square. A taller living room with clerestory windows sits in the middle, with the smaller rooms arranged around it. You recognise it straight away in a site plan by this shape.
- Benita Otte's kitchen, with its continuous worktop, is considered one of the early fitted kitchens.
- Since 1996 the house has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau”.
Do try it yourselves
Search for your own place, process it and open it in the editor. The editor's introduction walks you through the tools step by step.
What should we show next?
Tell us which feature you would like to see in more detail. The most requested one gets the next video.