This research is a test of the aforementioned design methodology. An extreme urban condition (a US/Mexican border crossing city) is analyzed and re-evaluated through the application of and coupling of two algorithmic modeling techniques, both of which exhibit self organizing emergent characteristics. [1] The first technique uses input data from the site in order to generate a swarming particle system. [2] The second is a parametric system that relies on the particle system's natural patterns of aggregation and, through a system that resembles the negotiation of cellular boundaries, governs the redistribution of density and infrastructure on the site while shaping architectural and urban space. In this location where natural growth patterns have been halted by political division, might a self organizing system validate the shaping of a new city that facilitates a unified growth?
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US
San Diego Tiajuana
Tecate
Mexico