On Thu, 24 May 2007 15:50:16 +0100, Alan Penn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Mostafa,
>
>The best software tool for doing standard analysis of house plans
available
>at the moment to my mind is JASS from KTH Stockholm
>http://www.arch.kth.se/sad/projects_index.htm
The best, most informative, factual place to look is the space syntax
wikipedia page on Spatial network analysis software.
Here's what space syntax folks write:
"Spatial network analysis software are computer tools used to prepare
various graph-based analysis of spatial networks. They stem from the
research field of space syntax in the domain of architecture, although
they can now be used to analyse road networks over an entire continent."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_network_analysis_software
Enjoy!
Rui
>
>http://www.arch.kth.se/sad/projects/JASS/tools_jass.htm
>
>Although visibility graph analysis in Depthmap can also be useful...
>
>For this field you need Hillier et al's 'ideas are in things' paper
>http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/archive/00001399/
>
>and Julienne Hanson's Decoding Homes and Houses, CUP 1999
>
>All the calculations are described in Hillier and Hanson, The social logic
>of space, CUP 1984
>
>Alan Penn
>Professor of Architectural and Urban Computing
>The Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
>University College London
>Gower Street
>London WC1E 6BT
>+44 (0)20 7679 5919
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>www.vr.ucl.ac.uk
>www.spacesyntax.org
>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I believe I am aware of the idea behind spatial syntactic techniques
used
>> for
>> analysing spatial configurations of a sample of plans. However
currently,
>> I am
>> in desperate need for a concise account of how to perform integration
>> calculations to compare a sample of dwelling plans. I think someone
>> previously
>> (probably Prof. Hillier) has indicated a 'Pdf' or 'doc'file or booklet
>> that
>> covers this topic containing simple solved examples that exhibit how to
>> perform
>> those calculations.
>> On the other hand, I would be very gratefull if anyone can direct me
>> towards the
>> software most suitable for comparing domestic spatial configurations,
and
>> how
>> to obtain this/these softwares.
>>
>> Thank you all for your time,
>>
>> Mostafa
>> PhD candidate
>> University of Sheffield
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