Joachim
This is the reference:
Hass-Klau, Carmen, 1988, 'New Life for City Centres', Anglo-German Foundation, London.
I read it not so long ago, it is a bit outdated. The criticism, by now, is benign (made me smile), they are better ones around, see for example Carmona in Public Places Urban Spaces.
As you say it is quite rare to find well-founded critical texts about space syntax. I suppose the person most able to do such a thing would be people that not only know space syntax inside out but as well would know what else is there as alternative (planners and traffic engineers) and what are problems to design with it. They aren't many like that around yet.
A passing remark, as an introduction to the use of space syntax for spatial planning strategy you could read the UK national design guidance and spatial planning policy (Planning Policy Statement 1) or Carmona's book.
Alain Chiaradia
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From: Alan Penn
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Subject: Re: Fwd: a new theory of space syntax
Wow - that was a long time ago :-) I'll see if I can find reference to it -
it's a vague memory.
Alan
>
> Dear community,
>
> I think it could be helpful if some of you gave references to texts that
> are critical or negatory towards space syntax. Perhaps it is not always
> fun to be concerned with such statements, but it helps to be reliable in
> our scientific work.
> I once read a text by Prof Carmen Hass-Klau where she refers to space
> syntax, but I lost it. Does anyone know this article?
> At least in Germany, Planners and traffic engineers have great
> reservations about space syntax (or they don't know it), but until now it
> is very difficult to find well-founded critical texts about space syntax.
>
> Thanks for all links or references you give!
>
> Joachim
>
> P. S. Thanks a lot for the magnificent responses on my last question about
> what Space Syntax Software you use.
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