9/11 Memorial Algorithm
designing an algorithmic layout system for the 9/11 memorial
Date: Fall 2009
For: 9/11 Memorial
Collaborators: Local Projects
Role: custom software design
Press:
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.