Dear colleagues,
I have some thoughts to share with you on space syntax. To me, the most
beautiful aspect of space syntax is its topological representation
(axial lines based). This topological representation enables us to see
the underlying scaling pattern of far more small things than large ones.
This notion of far more small things than large ones should be broadly
understood to include topology and semantics as well, i.e., far more
less-connected things than well-connected ones, far more meaningless
things than meaningful ones. In addition to axial lines, there are other
alternative representations, e.g., natural streets-based representation,
which was implemented in Axwoman: http://fromto.hig.se/~bjg/axwoman/. We
have recently developed another topological representation which take
things as a whole:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305638074_A_Topological_Representation_for_Taking_Cities_as_a_Coherent_Whole
The things refer to spatial coherent entities, somehow like Alexander's
centers, while the whole constitutes Alexander's living structure. We
plan to implement the topological representation and analysis into
Axwoman in order to make it more accessible, in particular for design
practitioners. The topological representation is not just for
understanding complexity, but more importantly for creating living
structure or complexity in general. If you have any request with respect
to the new implementation, feel free to let us know.
Thanks and cheers.
Bin
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Bin Jiang
Division of GIScience
Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development
University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, Sweden
Phone: +46-26-64 8901 Fax: +46-26-64 8758
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Associate Editor: Cartographica
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