Tom Dine wrote:
>
> Jake Desyllas wrote:
> >
> >Sometimes I wonder what subscribers to the "space syntax" mailbase
> think it
> >is that they are subscribing to, and how they would define themselves
> as
> >members of a research community.
>
> I wonder if I am alone in subscribing to this list as a practicing
> architect with only an interest in space syntax. By this I mean that I
> am not a professional researcher, and have had no formal training in
> Space Syntax methodology. Also, I have yet to apply the techniques to
> design in my work in any significant way, although I would like to do
> so.
>
> I have built my limited knowledge through the rather taxing route of
> Hillier's (& Hanson's) two books and some research articles - eg.
> Environment & Planning B.
>
> I for one would hope to find on this list some more accessible
> discussions of current uses of the techniques, especially in ways that
> tell us something about the relationship between user-response (&
> user-appreciation) of buildings and their configurational features.
>
> I find some difficulty in seeing how to apply such techniques in the
> design process (rather than in research analysis). This requires
> fairly simple methods of analysis with clear implications for the
> character of the building being designed, and how this could be
> changed significantly. Many papers seem to concentrate on the
> techniques in isolation from their implications for design, or
> concentrate on a large urban level to predict use-patterns. This has
> very limited application the schemes most of us design, which have
> only a few buildings to manipulate in their urban context.
>
> I may be out of place in placing these comments on a research-based
> newsgroup, in which case I will return to lurking; but I would be
> interested in any responses to my situation with Space Syntax.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom Everest-Dine
> Chassay+Last Architects
> Primrose Hill
> London NW1
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>
> ps. does anyone have any good references for further reading?
> can Axman or Spatialist be used with Minicad?
Dear Tom Everest-Dine,
I share the same feeling you have in relation to the spatial sintax
tools and their application to real projects. I am in the process of
designing master planned communities of approximately 3000 town houses
and thought that space syntax could help me better design urban spaces
and improve the human relationship in the development. So far I did not
succeed. I do have to say that I do not have an indepth knowledge of
space syntax, but so far all I have seem is pretty desapointing from the
project apllication point of view. Do you share this feeling?
Luciano Borghesi
Rossi Residencial - Brazil
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