Orientational versus esthetical urban street morphology parameterization in Space Syntax

Abstract

Current topological and geometrical distances in Space Syntax are based on the premise that each change of direction along a path is a mental cost because one loses orientation. This paper proposes to extend the analysis to the case in which esthetic and variety, rather than orientation, are the key elements of street selection. It is widely recognized that most people are attracted to curvy paths rather than straight ones; therefore, when one is not worried about losing orientation in her walk, or when the preferred path is well recognizable even when it requires changes of direction, we should adopt another criterion to weigh distances: morphoahestetic and networkvariety criteria are shown as potential parameterization for Space Syntax distances.

Sustainability of Chinese Village Development in a New Perspective: Planning Principle of Rural Public Service Facilities Based on “Function-Space” Synergistic Mechanism

“…The angle analysis mode in space syntax, rather than the shortest path, follows the travel rule of the minimum angle change path of human movement and can simulate villagers' facility selection behavior [58]. Therefore, this study uses the angle analysis mode in Depthmap software for the analysis and calculation; moreover, it takes the integration of reflecting elements as the destinations to attract the arriving traffic [59] and the choice of reflecting elements as the destinations to attract the passing traffic [60]. Given that people's travel mode and ability are unavoidable factors in exploring the integration and choice of the paths, most people tolerate the facilities for an average walking time of 15 min [61].…”

The implication of spatial-dispersion theory in housing genotypes of Boushehri historic and contemporary houses

“…Consequently, the boundary commonalities in houses number 38,33,35,39,43,42,34,32,44,45,37,31,40,30,29,17 and 41 define the first category. Houses number 28,26,22,27,20,18,19,16,23,25,24, and 21 are the second category, houses number 9, 5, 11, 15, 14, 1, 13, 3, 8, 7, 4 and 12 form the third category and houses 10 and 2 form the fourth category. Houses As a result, the houses of Bushehr are divided into four categories.…”

“…In the study of residential spaces in Iranian research, factors such as integration, entropy, visibility, and access have often been analyzed graphically using Depth Map [11][12][13][14]. In international articles, Depth Map is mostly used for urban space analysis [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. In cases where residential spaces are analyzed, either as a subjective analysis or using A Graph and Depth Map, the level of integration, visibility, and hierarchy of spaces' interaction is presented in the form of colored diagrams [22][23][24][25].…”

A walkability assessment tool coupling multi-criteria analysis and space syntax: the case study of Iglesias, Italy

“…Yet, beyond the perceivable qualities of the individual space (Heft, 1988;Kyttä, 2002;Raymond et al, 2018), constraints and opportunities affecting human behaviour are influenced by contextual factors, including land-use patterns, density and configurational properties of the structure of public spaces (D'Acci, 2019;Jabbari et al, 2018;Moura et al, 2017;Wang & Yang, 2019). Spatial configuration refers to a set of relations among parts, such as urban streets that interdepend in an overall structure.…”