John.Locke's blog
Position_efficiency and segmentation
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 08:28 — John.LockeAirports typically attempt to be all things to all people, resulting in general inefficiency and awkward relationships between program spaces. By seeking new opportunities via tradeoffs, for instance a tourist class passenger waiting longer but flying for free, or a business class passenger’s ticket price rises while he waits less in a more luxurious setting, a new circulation map and airport space is created that addresses these disparate groups needs. This project proposes to amplify the recent trend of airports generating revenue through ancillary businesses, and that additional revenue space provides the literal foundation to support the replacement of conglomerations of new housing in an airport city that is a 24-hour interconnected hub of commercial and public activity.
Site Image
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 18:04 — John.Locke
Encroachment of slums onto airport terminal, integrating with sanctioned worker housing.
Design Trends
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 18:02 — John.Locke
Designs tend to separate into three configurations in an attempt to mediate between competing objectives.
Interior Rendering
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 17:56 — John.Locke
Business class below, tourist class in the tubes above.
Catia Model Setup
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 17:52 — John.Locke
Movement of program and column elements in relation to structural system.
High-Performing Structural Results
Mon, 12/08/2008 - 17:34 — John.Locke
As the airport expands, different iterations of the terminal can be implemented based on community feedback. More housing = more columns = more obstructions for Business class passengers.
First 400 Designs Overlayed Together
Fri, 11/28/2008 - 23:56 — John.Locke
Ceated with Helicon Focus, which photographers use to composite sky
images together to show star trails. Download for free from:
http://www.heliconsoft.com/downloads.html
first automated experiment_terminal size
Wed, 11/19/2008 - 04:19 — John.Locke
A simple automated experiment to get a group of pareto designs that are then post-tested for possibilities of aggregation on the site and compared to results of other automated tests.
Robot Success using Sleep_Changing from fixed to free columns
Mon, 11/03/2008 - 21:08 — John.Locke
Success using sleep=500, not sure how feasible it will be to wait 500 seconds per design until catbot starts.
Two Pareto Waves_animated gif
Sun, 10/19/2008 - 00:01 — John.Locke
Letting the previous experiment run for a few days -11,000 designs, and at around design 6000 the pareto curve started to jump forward and create a second, hypothetically more efficient and distinct p
Truss transition script
Wed, 10/15/2008 - 01:30 — John.Locke
Based on Ian's Grid_Lines file. I need to tie the z_height to an output or measurement parameter and it would be good to get a smoother gradient on the transition zone.
Using a Rule to fire different scripts
Mon, 10/13/2008 - 17:49 — John.Locke
Baby steps....
Script to add point and connect everything with lines:
Airport Presentation _ John Locke
Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:42 — John.Locke
first attempt at automated testing
Experiment Presentation _ John Locke and Jay Shah
Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:35 — John.Locke
Team Presentation
Experiment04 Design History
Sun, 10/05/2008 - 19:54 — John.Locke
After around design 6000 the test had only 11 successful returns in the next 10,000 designs.
Experiment04 Pareto Results Revised-New Objectives
Sun, 10/05/2008 - 17:21 — John.Locke
By changing one of the objectives from "minimize total component volume" to maximize the ratio of the base surface area over the total component volume, the results showed a greater range.
