notion parallax » masters http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog what happens when ideas slide past each other Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:47:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Go Kawakita’s thesis – genetic algorithms in ecotect http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/go-kawakitas-thesis-genetic-algorithms-in-ecotect/ http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/index.php/2009/04/go-kawakitas-thesis-genetic-algorithms-in-ecotect/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:04:14 +0000 Ben http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/?p=122 Go Kawakita now works for Foster & Partners, but last year I was one of his thesis supervisors when he was doing his masters in energy efficient & sustainable design at Oxford Brookes.

His thesis was about the use of evolutionary algorithms to explore design options, more specifically with evaluation driven by environmental parameters. His project work was focused around finding widow configurations that satisfied certain lighting criteria, using ecotect analysis as the fitness evaluation.

He doesn’t have any server space, so I’m putting his work up here.

this is the thesis pdf (low res raster images for small file)

the lua code

and a summary doc

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I think I might be as allergic to writing as I am to running!

the pdf is here

]]> http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/04/ca-update/feed/ 0 Notes on the Synthesis of Form http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/04/notes-on-the-synthesis-of-form/ http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/04/notes-on-the-synthesis-of-form/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:42:11 +0000 Ben http://www.notionparallax.co.uk/blog/?p=22 book cover, exciting isn't it!

I’m currently writing a piece about Christopher Alexander’s book Notes on the synthesis of form. I’ve read part one about 4 times now and it’s either warpign my brain, or he had a good point to start with because I’m starting to agree with a lot of what he says (part 2 is a differnt story)
I did a little presentation about it a while ago, it’s here if you want to have a look.

I’ll even post the essay when it’s done! Now don’t you feel lucky

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