Space Syntax: Past, present and future.

The presentation approximately sub divides as follows: 0-10 minutes. An introduction, prepared in part by Bill Hillier. 10-20 minutes. All you need to know 20-25 minutes. Translating the science into lay language. 25-44 minutes. Practical application of the techniques in a wide range of projects 44-53 minutes. Less well known aspects 53–54 minutes. Internal building layouts 54- 71 minutes. Space Syntax: Science based, human focused. Application, Development and dissemination. “Space Syntax argues that many of the key concepts for understanding the city as a spatial and functional system can be derived from the analysis of the street network. The research question posed by Space Syntax is: Is there a formal procedure to describe the spatial structure of the city which both captures its characteristic spatial forms and maps observable functional patterns with enough rigour to test the link between the two; between form and function” Bill Hillier is Professor of Architectural and Urban Morphology in the University of London, Chairman of the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies and Director of the Space Syntax Laboratory in University College London. He holds a DSc (higher doctorate) in the University of London. As the original pioneer of the methods for the analysis of spatial patterns known as ‘space syntax’, he is the author of The Social Logic of Space (Cambridge University Press, 1984, 1990) which presents a general theory of how people relate to space in built environments, ‘Space is the Machine’ (CUP 1996), which reports a substantial body of research built on that theory, and a large number of articles concerned with different aspects of space and how it works. He has also written extensively on other aspects of the theory of architecture. Tim Stonor is an architect and urban planner who has devoted his career to the analysis and design of human behaviour patterns – the ways in which people move, interact and transact in buildings and urban places. He is an internationally recognised expert in the design of spatial layouts and, in particular, the role of space in the generation of social, economic and environmental value. Copyright: Space Syntax