Design software tutoring from a working landscape architect.
I'm Andrew Harrell, a licensed landscape architect. I help students and professionals get confident in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Rhino, Grasshopper, and ArcGIS Pro. I also give landscape, civil, and architecture firms extra production capacity when they need it.
- Licensed landscape architectPLA, plus Engineering Intern (EI)
- App developerBuilt and shipped Deconstruct Sun, a sunlight-analysis app for iOS
- Conference speakerCivil 3D for landscape architects, NCASLA SERC 2026
- Podcast guestRooted in Innovation: the tech revolution in landscape architecture
Three ways to work together
One-on-one tutoring
Sessions built around your own project, your deadline, and the software you're actually using. For students, early-career designers, and professionals picking up a new tool.
Tutoring detailsFractional landscape architecture
Extra production help for landscape, civil, and architecture firms: construction documents, grading, planting plans, and Civil 3D workflows, done to your standards.
For firmsTeaching, talks & workshops
Talks and hands-on training on Civil 3D, GIS, and computational design for ASLA chapters, firms, and universities.
SpeakingPractical, patient, and grounded in real projects
Most software tutorials teach you where the buttons are. I focus on the workflow behind them: how a grading plan comes together in Civil 3D, how to keep an AutoCAD drawing set organized, how to turn a site question into a GIS analysis.
I use these tools on real landscape projects and present on them to fellow professionals, so every session connects what the software does to why it matters on a site.
Projects & ventures
A few things I've built or am part of, all at the overlap of land, design, and technology.
Deconstruct Terrain
Residential landscape design, edible landscapes, and CAD/Civil 3D consulting.
deconstructterrain.com
Deconstruct Sun
Measure how many hours of direct sun a spot really gets, all year, and share a PDF report.
App Store
SunCatcher
Passive solar greenhouse designs for backyard and small-farm growing, all year.
suncatchergreenhouse.comOpportunities I'm interested in
If your work sits anywhere near land, design, software, or education, I'd like to hear about it.
Fractional & contract production
Landscape architecture, civil, and architecture firms that need an experienced extra pair of hands for a deadline, a busy season, or a Civil 3D-heavy project. How it works.
Design-technology collaborations
Software companies, AEC startups, and GIS or mapping teams building better tools for spatial design. I've shipped my own app and know the workflows practitioners actually live in, so I can help with product feedback, testing, content, or training.
Advisory roles
Startups, nonprofits, and ventures where landscape, land, design, software, education, or community overlap.
Teaching, speaking & workshops
Conference sessions, firm lunch-and-learns, guest lectures, and hands-on workshops. Topics and past talks.
Real estate & land
Commercial real estate, land, adaptive reuse, and small-scale development where careful site thinking adds value. Talk about a property or opportunity.
Civil 3D for landscape architects: where to start
A practical starting point for landscape architects learning Civil 3D: the core mental model, a first-week practice sequence, and the mistakes that trip up almost everyone.
Ready to get unstuck?
Book a one-on-one session, or send a note about your project and we'll figure out the best way to help.