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Space syntax
Theories in architecture and urban planning / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the architecture practice, see Space Syntax Limited. For the syntax of spaces in programming languages, see Whitespace character § Programming languages.
Space syntax is a set of theories and techniques for the analysis of spatial configurations. It was conceived by Bill Hillier, Julienne Hanson, and colleagues at The Bartlett, University College London in the late 1970s to early 1980s to develop insights into the mutually constructive relation between society and space.[1][2] As space syntax has evolved, certain measures have been found to correlate with human spatial behavior, and space syntax has thus come to be used to forecast likely effects of architectural and urban space on users.[3]
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