Patterns Roller Coasters

Stephanie GilloolyFS-121

Ecology of Mind

Rollercoasters• First patented in 1885– “scenic gravity roads”

• Specialized railroad system• Shuttle coasters• Circuit coasters• Many different innovations/designs

Parts of a whole• Wheels vs. car• Car vs. track• Track vs. structure• Structure vs. route• All parts have patterns which make up whole• Whole has patterns which relate it to other

whole objects

Classic• Arrows• Holons (functional parts)• Centers• Gradients (slopes)• Rigidity• triggers

Hanging• Clusters• Arrows• Spheres• Rigidity• Triggers• Tubes

Upside-down• Spheres• Tubes• Arrows• Triggers (start)• Centers• gradients

Total patterns• Circuits• Tubes• Spheres• Arrows• Triggers• Centers• Cycles• Rigidity• Holons

• Breaks• Clusters• Networks

• Borders• Clusters• Networks