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 "content_md": "# Go Kawakita's thesis - genetic algorithms in ecotect\n\n\nGo 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.\n\nHis 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.\n\n![](https://notionparallax.co.uk/assets/go_1.jpg)\n\n![](https://notionparallax.co.uk/assets/go_2.jpg\")\n\nHe doesn't have any server space, so I'm putting his work up here.\n\n-   [This is the thesis pdf](https://www.dropbox.com/s/p474qdc1rtoo9wd/09-03-31_Go_Kawakita_EESB_Thesis_2008.pdf?dl=0) (low res raster images for small file),\n-   [The lua code](https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzbijzw2gf8mwp9/LuaGA%20-%20PixelWindowOptimisationScript.zip?dl=0),\n-   [And a summary doc](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sid7l29khpn4fnxt8riwf/09-03-31_EESB_Thesis_Summary.doc?dl=0&rlkey=vaksdeizts6n9bj6mdc5umknd)\n",
 "content_html": "<h1>Go Kawakita's thesis - genetic algorithms in ecotect</h1>\n<p>Go Kawakita now works for Foster &amp; Partners, but last year I was one of his thesis supervisors when he was doing his masters in energy efficient &amp; sustainable design at Oxford Brookes.</p>\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://notionparallax.co.uk/assets/go_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://notionparallax.co.uk/assets/go_2.jpg&quot;\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n\n<p>He doesn’t have any server space, so I’m putting his work up here.</p>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/p474qdc1rtoo9wd/09-03-31_Go_Kawakita_EESB_Thesis_2008.pdf?dl=0\">This is the thesis pdf</a> (low res raster images for small file),</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzbijzw2gf8mwp9/LuaGA%20-%20PixelWindowOptimisationScript.zip?dl=0\">The lua code</a>,</li>\n  <li><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sid7l29khpn4fnxt8riwf/09-03-31_EESB_Thesis_Summary.doc?dl=0&amp;rlkey=vaksdeizts6n9bj6mdc5umknd\">And a summary doc</a></li>\n</ul>\n",
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