研究借助空间句法理论与方法，分析了城市空间（街道网络）结构对丽江古城功能演化的影响。实证数据和量化分析手段揭示了空间与功能在不同出行尺度上的动态关联引导着城市各部分向不同的发展方向演化，古城的空... more 研究借助空间句法理论与方法，分析了城市空间（街道网络）结构对丽江古城功能演化的影响。实证数据和量化分析手段揭示了空间与功能在不同出行尺度上的动态关联引导着城市各部分向不同的发展方向演化，古城的空间隔离是导致其功能异化为游客集散中心的深层结构原因。 The study applies space syntax theories and methods to investigate the impact of urban spatial (street network) structure on the functional transformation of Lijiang’s historical town. Evidence from data analysis reveals that the evolution path of the city was driven by space and function interactions at different urban scales and for different space users, which is responsible for the transformation of old town as a mere tourists gathering place. The study argues that spatial segregation is a major reason that the old town ceased to function as a traditional center and became socially marginalized in urban life.
研究以澳门半岛城区商业网点数据为基础，运用空间句法理论与方法，以街道为单元对商业网点分布进行了定量分析，旨在探讨商业网点在城市街道网络聚集、分布的空间特征以及不同尺度街网结构与商业密度分布之间的... more 研究以澳门半岛城区商业网点数据为基础，运用空间句法理论与方法，以街道为单元对商业网点分布进行了定量分析，旨在探讨商业网点在城市街道网络聚集、分布的空间特征以及不同尺度街网结构与商业密度分布之间的关联所反映的澳门半岛商业中心职能的差异与分化。 Based on the digital mapping of the street-level commercial activities observed on-site, this study applies space syntax theory and employs quantitative analyses to examine the spatial patterns of retail distribution in Macau. By studying the relationship between the street configuration and the commercial density, it reveals the functional differentiation among the commercial centers distributed across distinct districts of Macau.
... students to publish in Open Access. Item Metadata (Short). Title, Architectural intent and it... more ... students to publish in Open Access. Item Metadata (Short). Title, Architectural intent and its vernacular process a morphological study of the spatial planning concept intraditional settlements and courtyard houses in Huizhou, China. ...
While most research on Chinese traditional settlements has predominantly focused on interpretatio... more While most research on Chinese traditional settlements has predominantly focused on interpretation and re-interpretation of Confucian cultural ideas, syntactic analysis revealed that these settlements were configured with variability to social and economic processes of settlement growth and evolution. A centrality process similar to the one described by Hillier was observed, in which communal buildings like ancestral halls and shops tended to be concentrated on the integration structure as well as certain strategically vantage locations of a settlement. This raises a question of whether the spatial structure may have a social implication on settlement growth and evolution. This paper reports a case study of Wangkou, a quasi-market town in Wuyuan county, China. Space syntax theories and methods are applied to the modeling of pedestrian movement pattern of the settlement. Pedestrian movement data were observed on weekdays by using gate count method from randomly sampled street segment...
A particular kind of street network is examined, where strong differentiation between scales of s... more A particular kind of street network is examined, where strong differentiation between scales of syntactic structure is evident: supergrids of primary roads, with inserted local streets. Computational formulae are provided to describe simple regular systems and clarify the nature of the syntactic differentiation of scales. The focus is on the linear extension of streets and also on distances measured according to direction changes. A small sample of examples from Chicago, Los Angeles, Beijing and Seoul as well as the Doxiadis plan for sector G7 of Islamabad and the Perry-Whitten neighborhood plan for New York are also analyzed, leading to estimates of a number of remarkably consistent parameters that can function as benchmarks for design exploration or theoretical experimentation. An experiment whereby the fabric of the historic centers of small French towns is inserted into a supergrid at 0.5 mile intervals is also described to explore the scale and character of inserted systems in comparison to historic urban fabrics. The work leads to a methodological proposition. Supergrids can best be conceptualized by decomposing the analysis of closeness centrality (integration) into two components: the mean directional distances associated with the supergrid as an independent system, and the mean directional distances from inserted streets to the nearest supergrid element (step depth in DepthMap). Decomposition responds to a theoretical idea: cognitive maps comprise a skeleton system relative to which other parts can be ‘placed’ and related. Decomposition also responds to a practical purpose: in order to design one must work with intuitively accessible parameters that can be controlled within the site and scope of the design.
研究借助空间句法理论与方法，分析了城市空间（街道网络）结构对丽江古城功能演化的影响。实证数据和量化分析手段揭示了空间与功能在不同出行尺度上的动态关联引导着城市各部分向不同的发展方向演化，古城的空... more 研究借助空间句法理论与方法，分析了城市空间（街道网络）结构对丽江古城功能演化的影响。实证数据和量化分析手段揭示了空间与功能在不同出行尺度上的动态关联引导着城市各部分向不同的发展方向演化，古城的空间隔离是导致其功能异化为游客集散中心的深层结构原因。 The study applies space syntax theories and methods to investigate the impact of urban spatial (street network) structure on the functional transformation of Lijiang’s historical town. Evidence from data analysis reveals that the evolution path of the city was driven by space and function interactions at different urban scales and for different space users, which is responsible for the transformation of old town as a mere tourists gathering place. The study argues that spatial segregation is a major reason that the old town ceased to function as a traditional center and became socially marginalized in urban life.
研究以澳门半岛城区商业网点数据为基础，运用空间句法理论与方法，以街道为单元对商业网点分布进行了定量分析，旨在探讨商业网点在城市街道网络聚集、分布的空间特征以及不同尺度街网结构与商业密度分布之间的... more 研究以澳门半岛城区商业网点数据为基础，运用空间句法理论与方法，以街道为单元对商业网点分布进行了定量分析，旨在探讨商业网点在城市街道网络聚集、分布的空间特征以及不同尺度街网结构与商业密度分布之间的关联所反映的澳门半岛商业中心职能的差异与分化。 Based on the digital mapping of the street-level commercial activities observed on-site, this study applies space syntax theory and employs quantitative analyses to examine the spatial patterns of retail distribution in Macau. By studying the relationship between the street configuration and the commercial density, it reveals the functional differentiation among the commercial centers distributed across distinct districts of Macau.
... students to publish in Open Access. Item Metadata (Short). Title, Architectural intent and it... more ... students to publish in Open Access. Item Metadata (Short). Title, Architectural intent and its vernacular process a morphological study of the spatial planning concept intraditional settlements and courtyard houses in Huizhou, China. ...
While most research on Chinese traditional settlements has predominantly focused on interpretatio... more While most research on Chinese traditional settlements has predominantly focused on interpretation and re-interpretation of Confucian cultural ideas, syntactic analysis revealed that these settlements were configured with variability to social and economic processes of settlement growth and evolution. A centrality process similar to the one described by Hillier was observed, in which communal buildings like ancestral halls and shops tended to be concentrated on the integration structure as well as certain strategically vantage locations of a settlement. This raises a question of whether the spatial structure may have a social implication on settlement growth and evolution. This paper reports a case study of Wangkou, a quasi-market town in Wuyuan county, China. Space syntax theories and methods are applied to the modeling of pedestrian movement pattern of the settlement. Pedestrian movement data were observed on weekdays by using gate count method from randomly sampled street segment...
A particular kind of street network is examined, where strong differentiation between scales of s... more A particular kind of street network is examined, where strong differentiation between scales of syntactic structure is evident: supergrids of primary roads, with inserted local streets. Computational formulae are provided to describe simple regular systems and clarify the nature of the syntactic differentiation of scales. The focus is on the linear extension of streets and also on distances measured according to direction changes. A small sample of examples from Chicago, Los Angeles, Beijing and Seoul as well as the Doxiadis plan for sector G7 of Islamabad and the Perry-Whitten neighborhood plan for New York are also analyzed, leading to estimates of a number of remarkably consistent parameters that can function as benchmarks for design exploration or theoretical experimentation. An experiment whereby the fabric of the historic centers of small French towns is inserted into a supergrid at 0.5 mile intervals is also described to explore the scale and character of inserted systems in comparison to historic urban fabrics. The work leads to a methodological proposition. Supergrids can best be conceptualized by decomposing the analysis of closeness centrality (integration) into two components: the mean directional distances associated with the supergrid as an independent system, and the mean directional distances from inserted streets to the nearest supergrid element (step depth in DepthMap). Decomposition responds to a theoretical idea: cognitive maps comprise a skeleton system relative to which other parts can be ‘placed’ and related. Decomposition also responds to a practical purpose: in order to design one must work with intuitively accessible parameters that can be controlled within the site and scope of the design.
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The study applies space syntax theories and methods to investigate the impact of urban spatial (street network) structure on the functional transformation of Lijiang’s historical town. Evidence from data analysis reveals that the evolution path of the city was driven by space and function interactions at different urban scales and for different space users, which is responsible for the transformation of old town as a mere tourists gathering place. The study argues that spatial segregation is a major reason that the old town ceased to function as a traditional center and became socially marginalized in urban life.
Based on the digital mapping of the street-level commercial activities observed on-site, this study applies space syntax theory and employs quantitative analyses to examine the spatial patterns of retail distribution in Macau. By studying the relationship between the street configuration and the commercial density, it reveals the functional differentiation among the commercial centers distributed across distinct districts of Macau.
The study applies space syntax theories and methods to investigate the impact of urban spatial (street network) structure on the functional transformation of Lijiang’s historical town. Evidence from data analysis reveals that the evolution path of the city was driven by space and function interactions at different urban scales and for different space users, which is responsible for the transformation of old town as a mere tourists gathering place. The study argues that spatial segregation is a major reason that the old town ceased to function as a traditional center and became socially marginalized in urban life.
Based on the digital mapping of the street-level commercial activities observed on-site, this study applies space syntax theory and employs quantitative analyses to examine the spatial patterns of retail distribution in Macau. By studying the relationship between the street configuration and the commercial density, it reveals the functional differentiation among the commercial centers distributed across distinct districts of Macau.