scholarly journals Visibility Model of Tangible Heritage. Visualization of the Urban Heritage Environment with Spatial Analysis Methods

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 2163-2182
Author(s):  
Elif Sarihan
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Case Study Site ◽  
Roma People ◽  
Heritage Visualization ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
Renewal Project

The methodological approach of the study proposes an innovative yet adaptive way to define and preserve heritage sites and their elements. In the case study, the proposed methodology guides the design/planning research of heritage sites by linking the perceptual behaviour with the information of the built environment. Visibility is the tool to measure the level of exposure of specific urban elements from a particular perspective. While isovist analyses define visibility in the built environment, fields of view from the periphery of heritage sites are applied to calculate visible or invisible areas by the observer. The purpose of the current study is the evaluation of the identification of the elements to be protected, by modelling both the heritage environment and the heritage elements according to the visibility criteria. For this purpose, I illustrate my approach by using visibility analyses and Space syntax analysis in the case of the Sulukule neighbourhood, the leading renewal project, in Istanbul. This area used to have notably cultural–historical assets–historic land walls, the lifestyle of Roma people—but now the renovation works carried out in the Sulukule case study site have affected the identity of the “visible” and “known” space of the historic quarter.

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 Increasing Urban Walkability through Citizens’ Participation Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5835
Author(s):  
Francesco Scorza ◽  
Giovanni Fortunato ◽  
Raffaella Carbone ◽  
Beniamino Murgante ◽  
Piergiuseppe Pontrandolfi
Keyword(s):  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Neighbourhood Scale ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
The City

The work is focused on the integration of space syntax analysis (SSA) in a process of participatory planning focused on a neighbourhood scale where the challenge of promoting pedestrian-friendly regeneration process is a bottom-up priority. The promotion of active mobility is one of the main themes of the urban regeneration project CAST operating on the western part of the city of Potenza (capital of the Basilicata region, Italy). Both the state of the art of the case study area and the potential effects of the intervention proposed on the basis of the participatory process have been assessed by SSA as a walkability assessment method. By measuring a street network’s syntactic parameters, it was possible to further enrich the cognitive framework relating to the current situation and to simultaneously evaluate the effects (in terms of potential movement and social usage) deriving from design interventions. The paper presents a methodology to evaluate the urban pedestrian environment and to provide an insight for walking-related intervention and improvements in neighbourhood-scale planning, according to a participatory approach. The research, based on specific local characteristics, represents a transferable approach to supporting and informing policy-makers and designers engaged in inclusive and participative urban regeneration projects.

Digitally aided analysis of medieval vaults in an English cathedral, using generative design tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-259
Author(s):  
Nicholas Webb ◽  
Alexandrina Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Generative Design ◽  
Generative Process ◽  
Reverse Engineer ◽  
Case Study Site ◽  
Computational Processes

Medieval masons relied on a ruler and compass to generate designs of increasing complexity in both two and three dimensions. They understood that arcs and lines could be used for proportioning, working with halves, thirds, fifths and so on, rather than specific dimensions. Geometric rules enabled them to create vaulted bays, high up in church and cathedral interiors. In recent years, the influence of digital generative design tools can be seen in our built environment. We will explore generative design to reverse engineer and better understand the design and computational processes that the medieval masons might have employed at our case study site of Exeter Cathedral, England. Our focus is on a run of bays along the nave, which at first appear consistent in their design, yet in reality are subtly different. We will investigate the capacity for changes in the generative process while preserving the overall medieval design concept.

scholarly journals Perceived and lived space in the modern city. A case study for Akadimia Platonos neighborhood, Athens, Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-92
Author(s):  
Georgios LAMPROPOULOS ◽  
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Yorgos PHOTIS ◽  
Maria PIGAKI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Space Perception ◽  
Syntax Analysis ◽  
Lived Space ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Geometric Space ◽  
Space Syntax Analysis ◽  
The City

The main objective of this paper is to perform a spatial analysis of everyday life experiences by enriching a socio-spatial approach within the boundaries of Akadimia Platonos neighborhood, in the city of Athens. It investigates the convergences and divergences that are observed between two different manifestations of space, as they have been approached through Henri Lefebvre’s social theory of space, the perceived space and the lived space. Mainly, the designed-geometric space, enhanced with all those relationships programmed for social reproduction, creates an experience for its users. Does this lived experience, that is expected to be experienced, actually correspond to reality? In the methodological framework proposed, perceived space (as spatial practices) is examined through the space syntax analysis of the study area, while lived space (as representational spaces) is accessed through questionnaire interviews, which examine the space perception of residents, workers, visitors, passers-by, using it.

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 ◽  
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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.

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