JER THORP

9/11 Memorial:

Names Placement Algorithm

Collaborators:

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Jake Barton

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Role: Algorithm design, interface development

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Working with Jake Barton and Local Projects, Jer Thorp designed an algorithm and an accompanying software tool to aid in the placement of the nearly 3,000 names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan.

 

Built in Processing, these computational tools allowed the designers of the memorial to satisfy the nearly 1,500 ‘meaningful adjacency’ requests made by family members of 9/11 victims.