On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:56:46 +0000, Professor Bill Hillier
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear Jake - Space syntax is the application of 'configurational' measures
>to spatial systems represented as sets of discrete geometrical elements,
>whether points, lines, convex elements, isovists, or whatever.
>'Configurational' means 'extrinsic' measures of the relations between each
>geometrical element and all others, or well-defind subsets of them. So
>Benedicts isovists are not space syntax, but Depthmap is. This is the idea
>set out in 'The Social Logic of Space' and it seems to cover the ground. -
>Bill
And what is space syntax?
Transportation studies? Cellular automata modelling? the emerging field of
complex spatial networks?
The definition in the message I quote here could be loosely (and, some
might say, conveniently) read to encompass all of the above. In fact, it
would include most of urban growth modelling, a much larger field than SS,
where it would be very hard to argue that members of this community have
made a contribution.
But what have “core” SS people *really* published over the last decade or
so? And what has had an impact beyond the SS symposia?
Rui
>
>
>>Alasdair Turner wrote:
>>
>>>I am thinking perhaps it would be an idea to have a dedicated 'space
syntax
>>>tools' FAQ for this mailbase
>>>
>>>
>>
>>What would count as a 'space syntax tool'?
>>
>>Jake
>>
>>--
>>
>>Dr. Jake Desyllas
>>Partner
>>Intelligent Space Partnership
>>81 Rivington Street
>>London
>>EC2A 3AY
>>t: 020 7739 9729
>>f: 020 7739 9547
>>e: [log in to unmask]
>>w: http://www.intelligentspace.com
>>
>>The information in this e-mail and any attachment is confidential. It is
>>intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not a named
recipient
>>please notify the sender immediately and then delete it without
disclosing
>>the contents to another person or taking copies.
>=========================================================================
|