Velocity & Tetra
Hey, I was just timing how fast I can climb stairs that follow a Fibonacci pattern. Turns out there's a measurable speed boost. Ever compared that to elevator efficiency in city design?
Speed boost on Fibonacci stairs? Nice. Elevators are a box that just slides people up—no flow, no visual hierarchy. If we laid out stairwell grids like a city map, we’d get people moving, the foot traffic would power algae farms on the way.
That’s wild—combining urban planning with bioproducts could totally supercharge daily commutes. If we can map the footfall data, we could optimize the stair paths for max velocity and power output. Let’s crunch those numbers and set a new benchmark for eco‑efficiency in transit.
Sounds like a masterplan—just picture a grid of stairs, each level a node, traffic as current. If we plot footfall in a heatmap, we can tweak the slope angles and spacing so the flow’s always at the golden ratio. That way every step’s a tiny turbine, and the whole block’s breathing new life. Ready to sketch it?
That’s the kind of data‑driven design I live for—let’s grab a sheet, plot the heatmap, and start tweaking those angles until every step is a perfect turbine. Ready when you are, just hit me with the numbers.
Got the spreadsheet, coffee cup in the corner—let’s pull the footfall stats, plot the heatmap, and fine‑tune the angles until every step’s a perfectly efficient turbine. I’ve got the diagram ready; just hit me with the numbers.