scholarly journals Space-time mapping of co-working spaces in Cairo: shifting paradigms from openness to technologically controlled spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heba Mourad ◽  
Zeinab Shafik ◽  
Momen El-Husseiny
Keyword(s):  
Space Syntax ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Spatial Accessibility ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Dominant Ideologies ◽  
Spatial Appropriation ◽  
Sharing Space ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis

AbstractThe paper demonstrates how co-working spaces, with their openness ideologies that are not only manifested in sharing space, but also sharing knowledge and generating access to nonhierarchical productive opportunities, are being subsumed into reinforcing neoliberal exclusiveness. The paper questions the openness of co-working spaces that reconciled with the dominant ideologies of 2011 Cairo, setting the stage to the mushrooming of co-working spaces inside Cairo’s apartment buildings as zones of relative freedom. Through space-time mapping of the emergence of co-working spaces in Cairo, in addition to interviews with co-workers, co-founders, and managers of co-working spaces, the spatial appropriation and accessibility of co-working spaces are demonstrated. Using content analysis and space syntax analysis, the study differentiates between two paradigmatic shifts in the spatial appropriation of co-working spaces—from democratizing digital infrastructure in the aftermath of 2011, to being subsumed by technological capitalist ventures by the end of 2015 into a closed paradigm, they originally emerged to defy—and compares between the spatial accessibility, visual accessibility, and social diversity of the two waves of co-working spaces. Using Cairo’s co-working spaces as a case study, this paper shows how ideologies of openness “neutral” as they may seem, can serve to legitimize exclusiveness, emphasizing how ideas—as men—can be socially located, and serve to legitimize a particular social situation.

scholarly journals Space Syntax Analysis Applied to Urban Street Lighting: Relations between Spatial Properties and Lighting Levels

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 3331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Leccese ◽  
Davide Lista ◽  
Giacomo Salvadori ◽  
Marco Beccali ◽  
Marina Bonomolo
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Technical Standards ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
Spatial Properties ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis

According to the international technical standards, higher lighting levels (luminance and illuminance levels) are expected in trafficked and central roads (where restrictive minimum lighting requirements are necessary) and lower lighting levels are expected in peripheral and less trafficked roads. Starting from this assumption, in this paper, the authors analyse the correlations between spatial properties (expressed by spatial indicators, for example, the integration index and the choice index) and lighting levels (expressed by lighting parameters, for example luminance and illuminance) upon roads of an urban context. The analysis has been applied to the case study of the medium sized town of Pontedera (central Italy). From the obtained results, it has been possible to observe how the correlations between integration index and luminance and illuminance values are significant in the case of roads equipped with lighting systems able to satisfy the lighting requirements established by the regulations. The presence of the discussed correlations lays the foundation for a change in the lighting design approach on urban scale, being able to set lighting requirements on the basis of space syntax results without the use of traditional methods of road classifications involving traffic volume estimations.

scholarly journals Evaluating Experiential Qualities of Historical Streets in Nanxun Canal Town through a Space Syntax Approach

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 544
Author(s):  
Yabing Xu ◽  
John Rollo ◽  
Yolanda Esteban
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Global Organizations ◽  
Spatial Characteristics ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
The Road ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Many studies have been conducted to measure the experiential qualities of historical streets using the standards and principles released by many global organizations. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of spatial characteristics of historical heritage. This study proposes a space syntax-based methodology, first developed by Bill Hillier and Julienne Hanson with colleagues from the Bartlett School of Architecture, while introducing factors such as complexity, coherence, ‘mystery’, and legibility from the work of environmental psychologist Stephen Kaplan and the urban designer Gordon Cullen. Our intention is to help inform urban designers in understanding people’s spatial cognition of historical streets, and thereby assist designers and managers in identifying where cognitive experiences can be improved. The proposed method is applied to Nanxun, which is a developed canal town currently in decline in Zhejiang Province, China. This will be treated as the case study in order to explore the implication of the space syntax analysis. The impact from spatial characteristics on the evaluation is indirect and largely determined by the road-network of the canal town. As for Nanxun, the findings of this research suggest that the government’s priority is to solve current negative tourist perception based on a conservation restoration plan. The findings of this research provide a reference for policymakers to better understand the experiential qualities of historical streets in townscapes.

scholarly journals Analytical Study of University Campuses’ Walkability using Space Syntax Analysis: University of Duhok (UoD) as a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (ICRIE) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jowan Bayez Khorsheed ◽  
◽  
Wafaa Anwar Sulaiman Goriel ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Digital Simulation ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Graphical Analysis ◽  
Visual Observation ◽  
Small City ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis

Human health is an essential issue for many decays; Walking is one of those human activities that showed optimistic results, “A healthy mind is in a healthy body”. University as a small city as such consider healthy and should be environmentally friendly when it been designed responsively for sustainable criteria and human respects. Where Students, staff need for safety and comfortable work environment been satisfied. University of Duhok (UoD) as a campus have a lot of transportation problems, especially at break and peak hours. One of these main problems are car-oriented transport, lack of smart well-planned transport system. Thus, the research will be tackling those issues, by utilization the theory of Space syntax and using an analytical tool, depthmapX, Axial Analysis, to explore the potentials of the network system as an indicator of pedestrian satisfaction of walkability. The investigating of students’ walkability projected through visual observation, streets graphic documentations, a digital simulation of possible pedestrian paths through graphical analysis of site elements and components. This research aimed to educate the community and stockholders on the possibility of promoting walkability.

SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF KAUNAS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SECURITY IN PUBLIC SPACES AND GREEN RECREATIONAL AREAS / KAUNO MIESTO ERDVINĖS STRUKTŪROS ĮTAKA SAUGUMUI VIEŠOSIOSE ERDVĖSE IR ŽALIOSIOSE REKREACINĖSE TERITORIJOSE

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kęstutis Zaleckis ◽  
Irina Matijošaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Structure ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
Crime Risks

In the article the influence of spatial structure on the safety of citizens in the public spaces is analyzed from the perspective of spatial determinism. The safety in green recreational areas is also discussed. Kaunas is chosen as the research polygon. Axial map of Kaunas was prepared while using both traditional method of space syntax and model of continuity lines. Method of overlapping layers was employed to combine the following data: space syntax analysis, crime, density of population, borders of the neighbourhoods, urban morphotypes, etc. The regularities of relations between spatial structure of Kaunas and higher crime risks were identified. Important conclusion is that the above mentioned regularities are stronger at the local level of urban structure. Santrauka Straipsnyje, žvelgiant iš erdvinio determinizmo pozicijų, analizuojama miesto erdvinės struktūros įtaka gyventojų saugumui viešosiose erdvėse, atskirai skiriant dėmesio ir saugumui žaliosiose rekreacinėse teritorijose. Pasirinkus Kauną kaip tyrimų poligoną, parengtas jo ašinis žemėlapis, taikant tradicinį ir tęstines linijas modeliuojantį erdvės sintaksės metodą. Taikant sluoksnių perdengimų metodą, sugretinus erdvės sintaksės tyrimų rezultatus, informaciją apie nusikalstamumą, gyventojų tankumo žemėlapį, teritorinių miesto vienetų ribas ir užstatymo morfotipus, išryškinti dėsningumai, susiejantys erdvinės miesto struktūros charakteristikas ir didesnę nusikalstamumo riziką. Nustatyti dėsningumai ryškesni kaimynysčių lygmenyje ir ne tokie ryškūs viso miesto lygmenyje.

scholarly journals RUMAH GADANG : RUANG DAN BUDAYA MAKAN DALAM SIKLUS HIDUP MASYARAKAT MINANGKABAU

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-107
Author(s):  
Vania Dwi Amanda Surya ◽  
Gregorius Prasetyo Adhitama
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Space Syntax ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
Physical Elements ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Padang restaurants with specialty food rendang represent the Minangkabau's eating culture. The effect of modernization and media social in the eating culture has indistinct the origin of Minangkabau's eating culture and leads to the uniformity of design, mostly its space and physical elements in the traditional building. Whereas in the roots, eating activities according to the Minangkabau custom still carried out, such as Makan Bajamba. It is essential to study the origin of Minangkabau space and eating culture before learning design development. The main problem is how the relationship between space and eating culture in the life cycle of Minangkabau society carried out at Rumah Gadang. By using a mix-method, a qualitative approach is a case study at Rumah Gadang Istana Rajo Alam Tuanku Disambah and quantitative approaches using space syntax analysis on the dimensions of connectivity and integrity. Data were from literature studies, interviews, and direct observations on how Rumah Gadang facilitated eating activities. The result shows that Rumah Gadang effectively assisted the eating culture in the life cycle of its people. The space configuration in the process of eating activities is following the roles of women and men based on a matrilineal kinship system. The seat position rules for Minangkabau men from  the matrilineal kinship system divided Ruang Lepas into smaller areas, marked by walls, columns, and seprah clothes. All space of eating activities is a social space where interactions took place as a reflection of Minangkabau customs. The space syntax analysis clarifies the relationship between space and eating activities based on the matrilineal kinship system and the social interactions that occur with the space used. For future research, the space syntax analysis is useful as a perspective to learn the relationship between space and culture.

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