Space Syntax, Background and Developement

Abstract

Space syntax is a set of measures for space configuration that have been shown to correlate well with how people move through and use building and urban spaces, in this paper we describe the concept of space syntax as an analytical tool used to examine the configuration of different layout patterns into a numerical and mathematical measurements, at the end of the paper, a case study area from Brno is chosen to explain how different configurational properties of space layout could affect the movement of people within it.