Joel Simon is the genius behind an experimental project exploring optimized school blueprints. Joel used graph-contraction and ant-colony pathing algorithms as growth processes, which could generate elementary school designs optimized for all kinds of characteristics: walking time, hallway usage, outdoor views, and escape routes just to name a few.
Two generated designs, minimizing the traffic flow (left) as well as escape routes (right) [original]Other designs tried to maximize the number of windows, resulting in seemingly random open courtyards [original]
The original floor plan [original]Definitely check out the original write-up if you are interested in the details behind the generation process! Or have a look at some of Joel’s other projects.
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