Re-Connecting Banani Lake - Site flows

by Madeline Johnston

Looking closer at the farming and cooking aspects of the circular ecosystem, the above sketches show the proposed spaces in this design project. As seen in the masterplan for Re-Connecting Banani Lake, there is a large focus on the flow of items around the circular ecosystem. Leading on from the stigmergic algorithm used for the masterplan, I created my own stigmergic agent based system in Processing.

This diagram shows the types of agents required for the creation of new nests. Circles represent the nest types, solid outlines are the nests that are permanently on site. dotted outlines represent created nests that evaporate at the same rate as the agent pheromones, so only the most used nests and paths will remain in the mapping.

Snapshots throughout the process of the simulation. Agents explore different routes across the site, eventually stabilising to singular paths demonstrating the flow and exchange of products and people on site.

Clear paths made between the Bio-Charcoal, Fertiliser, Adeal Road and the proposed site.