Further to Bill's observations on space syntax work done on museums,
and to expand on it, people might also like to refer to Psarra S.
'Spatial Culture, Way-finding and Educational Message - The Impact of
Layout on the Spatial, Social and Educational Experience of Visitors in
Museums and Galleries' in S. Mc Leod (ed) 'Reshaping Museum Space:
architecture, design, exhibitions', London: Routledge June 2005. The
chapter presents space syntax analysis of four UK museums,including
contemporary and historic types: 1. Natural History Museum, London 2.
Art Gallery and Museum-Kelvingrove, Glasgow, 3. The Burrell Museum,
Glasgow 4. The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
For other references in museums and galleries see also:
Psarra S, Grajewski T., 'Architecture, Narrative and Promenade in
Benson and Forsyth's Museum of Sotland, Architectural Research
Quarterly (ARQ), June 2000.
Psarra S. Grajewski T. 'Track Record', Museum Practice, Issue 19, Vol.
7. no 1, 2002.
Psarra S., Grajewski T., 'Tracking Visitors Can Help Improve Museum
Layouts, Museum Practice, Issue 13, Vol. 5, no 1, 2000.
Further work on museums and galleries is currently being undertaken in
the US and elsewhere, the results of which will be published towards
the end of 2006.
Sophia
Sophia Psarra
Associate Professor
Taubman College of Architecture and Planning
University of Michigan
Quoting Professor Bill Hillier <[log in to unmask]>:
> Those interested in the social dimension of buildings might like to
> look at a chapter by Kali Tzortzi and myself in the new Blackwell
> Museum Companion (Hillier B and Tzortzi K (2006) Building, space,
> display: space syntax and the layout of space in museums and
> galleries Blackwell Museum Companion) which reviews the considerable
> number of syntax studies of museums and galleries over the years and
> puts them into a general framework covering the social as well as the
> informational aspects of museum and gallery experience.
>
> We really need something like this on other building types which have
> been studied. Any offers ? - Bill
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