Want to learn about Space Syntax? Explore its foundations with this collection of Bill Hillier's seminal works on urban spatial structure and its social implications. Read and download free: bit.ly/3XpL2XG #OpenAccess #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #UrbanDesign
Space Syntax
Professor Bill Hillier spent most of his career at The Bartlett, University College London, where he founded and developed, with a team of colleagues, an original research programme that set the study...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Want to learn about Space Syntax? Explore its foundations with this collection of Bill Hillier's seminal works on urban spatial structure and its social implications. Read and download free: bit.ly/3XpL2XG #OpenAccess #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #UrbanDesign
Congratulations to Laura Vaughan, John Peponis, and Ruth Dalton! Their #OpenAccess book Space Syntax published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/3XpL2XG #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #UrbanDesign
Space Syntax
Professor Bill Hillier spent most of his career at The Bartlett, University College London, where he founded and developed, with a team of colleagues, an original research programme that set the study...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Congratulations to Laura Vaughan, John Peponis, and Ruth Dalton! Their #OpenAccess book Space Syntax published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/3XpL2XG #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #UrbanDesign
Vor vier Jahren begann ich meine Disputation mit diesem Bild: der Analyse der Stadt London mittels SpaceSyntax. Faszinierte mich schon im Studium und fasziniert mich bis heute.
November 9, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Vor vier Jahren begann ich meine Disputation mit diesem Bild: der Analyse der Stadt London mittels SpaceSyntax. Faszinierte mich schon im Studium und fasziniert mich bis heute.
Generous of Space Syntax to share a national connectedness map. It necessarily only covers the main links but here in Canterbury goes to show why the ring road around the city walls is often chocker as these routes are most connected locally spacesyntax-openmapping.netlify.app#14/51.2799/1...
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Generous of Space Syntax to share a national connectedness map. It necessarily only covers the main links but here in Canterbury goes to show why the ring road around the city walls is often chocker as these routes are most connected locally spacesyntax-openmapping.netlify.app#14/51.2799/1...
London’s tight urban & walkable grid being planned to be both denser & even more walkable. Lessons here for Toronto & further afield.
www.linkedin.com/posts/space-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/space-...
Space Syntax on LinkedIn: #urbandesign #publicrealm #pedestrianmovement #cityoflondon #spacesyntax
The City of London Corporation has revealed new images about the incremental extension of its pedestrian network through the creation of new alleyways—a…
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February 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
London’s tight urban & walkable grid being planned to be both denser & even more walkable. Lessons here for Toronto & further afield.
www.linkedin.com/posts/space-...
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2/ You can find the NNJ also in print, published by Birkhäuser.
#Architecture #Mathematics #ArtificialIntelligenceandDesign #AI #Design #DigitalFabricationandDesign #Digital
#Fabrication #GenerativeAlgorithms #ComputerSimulation #SpaceSyntax #StatisticalAnalysis #NNJ #NexusAssociation
#Architecture #Mathematics #ArtificialIntelligenceandDesign #AI #Design #DigitalFabricationandDesign #Digital
#Fabrication #GenerativeAlgorithms #ComputerSimulation #SpaceSyntax #StatisticalAnalysis #NNJ #NexusAssociation
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
2/ You can find the NNJ also in print, published by Birkhäuser.
#Architecture #Mathematics #ArtificialIntelligenceandDesign #AI #Design #DigitalFabricationandDesign #Digital
#Fabrication #GenerativeAlgorithms #ComputerSimulation #SpaceSyntax #StatisticalAnalysis #NNJ #NexusAssociation
#Architecture #Mathematics #ArtificialIntelligenceandDesign #AI #Design #DigitalFabricationandDesign #Digital
#Fabrication #GenerativeAlgorithms #ComputerSimulation #SpaceSyntax #StatisticalAnalysis #NNJ #NexusAssociation
#OpenAccess paper evaluating AUTOMATED STREET NETWORK MODELLING for centrality and accessibility analysis👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#UrbanAnalytics #SpaceSyntax #NetworkAnalysis #SpatialAnalysis #UrbanPlanning #GIS #UrbanMorphology #EvidenceBasedDesign #OpenScience
#UrbanAnalytics #SpaceSyntax #NetworkAnalysis #SpatialAnalysis #UrbanPlanning #GIS #UrbanMorphology #EvidenceBasedDesign #OpenScience
April 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
#OpenAccess paper evaluating AUTOMATED STREET NETWORK MODELLING for centrality and accessibility analysis👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#UrbanAnalytics #SpaceSyntax #NetworkAnalysis #SpatialAnalysis #UrbanPlanning #GIS #UrbanMorphology #EvidenceBasedDesign #OpenScience
#UrbanAnalytics #SpaceSyntax #NetworkAnalysis #SpatialAnalysis #UrbanPlanning #GIS #UrbanMorphology #EvidenceBasedDesign #OpenScience
Join the next online #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminar at the UCL Bartlett, Thursday, 19 March, 16:00 GMT. Register at www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...
José Paiva Neto will talk us through his recently completed doctoral research on #TravelTime #Accessibility and the regional distribution of #RetailActivities.
José Paiva Neto will talk us through his recently completed doctoral research on #TravelTime #Accessibility and the regional distribution of #RetailActivities.
March 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Join the next online #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminar at the UCL Bartlett, Thursday, 19 March, 16:00 GMT. Register at www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...
José Paiva Neto will talk us through his recently completed doctoral research on #TravelTime #Accessibility and the regional distribution of #RetailActivities.
José Paiva Neto will talk us through his recently completed doctoral research on #TravelTime #Accessibility and the regional distribution of #RetailActivities.
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars at the UCL Bartlett, on Thursday 12 June. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Dr Sanjay Somanath will share his exciting work on modelling movement by combining #SyntheticPopulations with activity data. #SSLS
Dr Sanjay Somanath will share his exciting work on modelling movement by combining #SyntheticPopulations with activity data. #SSLS
June 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars at the UCL Bartlett, on Thursday 12 June. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Dr Sanjay Somanath will share his exciting work on modelling movement by combining #SyntheticPopulations with activity data. #SSLS
Dr Sanjay Somanath will share his exciting work on modelling movement by combining #SyntheticPopulations with activity data. #SSLS
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars at the UCL Bartlett, on Thursday 15 May. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_24-25_T3
Dr Waishan Qiu will share his extensive work on #ComputerVision and #UrbanImagery to analyse #HumanBehaviour in public space. #UrbanAnalytics #SSLS
Dr Waishan Qiu will share his extensive work on #ComputerVision and #UrbanImagery to analyse #HumanBehaviour in public space. #UrbanAnalytics #SSLS
May 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars at the UCL Bartlett, on Thursday 15 May. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_24-25_T3
Dr Waishan Qiu will share his extensive work on #ComputerVision and #UrbanImagery to analyse #HumanBehaviour in public space. #UrbanAnalytics #SSLS
Dr Waishan Qiu will share his extensive work on #ComputerVision and #UrbanImagery to analyse #HumanBehaviour in public space. #UrbanAnalytics #SSLS
Register for the #UCLBartlett Space Syntax Lab Seminars 24–25 third term! bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
The online series covers: #UrbanEcology & #SpaceSyntax; #ComputerVision to capture #HumanBehaviour; #CrimeForcasting in #PublicSpaces; Activity-Based #Accessibility using #SyntheticPopulations
The online series covers: #UrbanEcology & #SpaceSyntax; #ComputerVision to capture #HumanBehaviour; #CrimeForcasting in #PublicSpaces; Activity-Based #Accessibility using #SyntheticPopulations
April 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Register for the #UCLBartlett Space Syntax Lab Seminars 24–25 third term! bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
The online series covers: #UrbanEcology & #SpaceSyntax; #ComputerVision to capture #HumanBehaviour; #CrimeForcasting in #PublicSpaces; Activity-Based #Accessibility using #SyntheticPopulations
The online series covers: #UrbanEcology & #SpaceSyntax; #ComputerVision to capture #HumanBehaviour; #CrimeForcasting in #PublicSpaces; Activity-Based #Accessibility using #SyntheticPopulations
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars 24–25 at the Bartlett, UCL. Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Dr Po Nien Chen will show a #Multimodal public #TransportNetwork approach using Space Syntax to quantify #Accessibility through #TravelTime and #AngularDistance. #SSLS
Dr Po Nien Chen will show a #Multimodal public #TransportNetwork approach using Space Syntax to quantify #Accessibility through #TravelTime and #AngularDistance. #SSLS
March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars 24–25 at the Bartlett, UCL. Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Dr Po Nien Chen will show a #Multimodal public #TransportNetwork approach using Space Syntax to quantify #Accessibility through #TravelTime and #AngularDistance. #SSLS
Dr Po Nien Chen will show a #Multimodal public #TransportNetwork approach using Space Syntax to quantify #Accessibility through #TravelTime and #AngularDistance. #SSLS
Join the next #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminar at UCL Bartlett. Dr. Franziska Hunger (in place of Anita Ullrich) and Dr Ioanna Stavroulaki will present research on integrating network-based and #AgentBased modeling to predict #PedestrianMovement. #SSLS
Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
March 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Join the next #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminar at UCL Bartlett. Dr. Franziska Hunger (in place of Anita Ullrich) and Dr Ioanna Stavroulaki will present research on integrating network-based and #AgentBased modeling to predict #PedestrianMovement. #SSLS
Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Join us online tomorrow (27.02 at 16:00 GMT) for the Space Syntax Lab Seminar. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Francesca Froy will introduce her new book 'Rebuilding Urban Complexity: A Configurational Approach to Postindustrial Cities', linking #UrbanComplexity to #SpaceSyntax. #SSLS
Francesca Froy will introduce her new book 'Rebuilding Urban Complexity: A Configurational Approach to Postindustrial Cities', linking #UrbanComplexity to #SpaceSyntax. #SSLS
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Join us online tomorrow (27.02 at 16:00 GMT) for the Space Syntax Lab Seminar. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
Francesca Froy will introduce her new book 'Rebuilding Urban Complexity: A Configurational Approach to Postindustrial Cities', linking #UrbanComplexity to #SpaceSyntax. #SSLS
Francesca Froy will introduce her new book 'Rebuilding Urban Complexity: A Configurational Approach to Postindustrial Cities', linking #UrbanComplexity to #SpaceSyntax. #SSLS
If you—or someone you know—are eager to explore #SpaceSyntax in practice or research, consider the MSc in Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities at #UCL. Gain practical skills and insights into how spatial design shapes human behavior.
Join the info event online on 20 February 2025 bit.ly/ssac_info
Join the info event online on 20 February 2025 bit.ly/ssac_info
February 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you—or someone you know—are eager to explore #SpaceSyntax in practice or research, consider the MSc in Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities at #UCL. Gain practical skills and insights into how spatial design shapes human behavior.
Join the info event online on 20 February 2025 bit.ly/ssac_info
Join the info event online on 20 February 2025 bit.ly/ssac_info
The #UCLBartlett Space Syntax Lab Seminars 24–25 are back! Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
The online series covers: Modelling urban habitats; #Complexity in postindustrial cities; Advances in predicting #PedestrianMovement; Impacts of #TransportNetworks; Integrating #Ecology with #SpaceSyntax
The online series covers: Modelling urban habitats; #Complexity in postindustrial cities; Advances in predicting #PedestrianMovement; Impacts of #TransportNetworks; Integrating #Ecology with #SpaceSyntax
January 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The #UCLBartlett Space Syntax Lab Seminars 24–25 are back! Register: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_...
The online series covers: Modelling urban habitats; #Complexity in postindustrial cities; Advances in predicting #PedestrianMovement; Impacts of #TransportNetworks; Integrating #Ecology with #SpaceSyntax
The online series covers: Modelling urban habitats; #Complexity in postindustrial cities; Advances in predicting #PedestrianMovement; Impacts of #TransportNetworks; Integrating #Ecology with #SpaceSyntax
🧵4/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... highlight how the visualisations help communicate building strengths and weaknesses and contribute to a possible diagnostic process of evaluation of layouts in the future
Inclusive building layouts help everyone, not just disabled users
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... highlight how the visualisations help communicate building strengths and weaknesses and contribute to a possible diagnostic process of evaluation of layouts in the future
Inclusive building layouts help everyone, not just disabled users
#SpaceSyntax
May 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🧵4/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... highlight how the visualisations help communicate building strengths and weaknesses and contribute to a possible diagnostic process of evaluation of layouts in the future
Inclusive building layouts help everyone, not just disabled users
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... highlight how the visualisations help communicate building strengths and weaknesses and contribute to a possible diagnostic process of evaluation of layouts in the future
Inclusive building layouts help everyone, not just disabled users
#SpaceSyntax
🧵4/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... use the modelling tools of space syntax in creative and exploratory ways to represent and visualise a subset of experiences of people with disabilities (such as overwhelming sensory experiences);
... reflect on the shortcomings of the method
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... use the modelling tools of space syntax in creative and exploratory ways to represent and visualise a subset of experiences of people with disabilities (such as overwhelming sensory experiences);
... reflect on the shortcomings of the method
#SpaceSyntax
May 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
🧵4/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... use the modelling tools of space syntax in creative and exploratory ways to represent and visualise a subset of experiences of people with disabilities (such as overwhelming sensory experiences);
... reflect on the shortcomings of the method
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... use the modelling tools of space syntax in creative and exploratory ways to represent and visualise a subset of experiences of people with disabilities (such as overwhelming sensory experiences);
... reflect on the shortcomings of the method
#SpaceSyntax
🧵3/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... report from a building exploration of a campus building, where we've invited eight creatives with diverse disabilities to reflect on the architecture and their experiences of inclusion and exclusion, of feeling welcome and of being expected;
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... report from a building exploration of a campus building, where we've invited eight creatives with diverse disabilities to reflect on the architecture and their experiences of inclusion and exclusion, of feeling welcome and of being expected;
#SpaceSyntax
May 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
🧵3/n
In the paper we (cont'd):
... report from a building exploration of a campus building, where we've invited eight creatives with diverse disabilities to reflect on the architecture and their experiences of inclusion and exclusion, of feeling welcome and of being expected;
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we (cont'd):
... report from a building exploration of a campus building, where we've invited eight creatives with diverse disabilities to reflect on the architecture and their experiences of inclusion and exclusion, of feeling welcome and of being expected;
#SpaceSyntax
🧵 on Disabled Syntax paper 2/n
In the paper we:
... discuss how the architecture discourse has begun to include disabled perspectives;
... critique how the space syntax community has mostly ignored bodily difference in the past,
... and praise noteworthy exceptions;
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we:
... discuss how the architecture discourse has begun to include disabled perspectives;
... critique how the space syntax community has mostly ignored bodily difference in the past,
... and praise noteworthy exceptions;
#SpaceSyntax
May 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🧵 on Disabled Syntax paper 2/n
In the paper we:
... discuss how the architecture discourse has begun to include disabled perspectives;
... critique how the space syntax community has mostly ignored bodily difference in the past,
... and praise noteworthy exceptions;
#SpaceSyntax
In the paper we:
... discuss how the architecture discourse has begun to include disabled perspectives;
... critique how the space syntax community has mostly ignored bodily difference in the past,
... and praise noteworthy exceptions;
#SpaceSyntax
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
My wonderful collaborator Julie Zook led on this study of an inpatient unit in a hospital in the US showing how greater levels of visibility in the spatial layout seems to support team communication
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #Architecture #SpaceSyntax
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
My wonderful collaborator Julie Zook led on this study of an inpatient unit in a hospital in the US showing how greater levels of visibility in the spatial layout seems to support team communication
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #Architecture #SpaceSyntax
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Inpatient unit visibility, space use, and social networks...
Care team communication is fundamental to most healthcare environments, but the dynamic ways that care team workers use...
sciendo.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
My wonderful collaborator Julie Zook led on this study of an inpatient unit in a hospital in the US showing how greater levels of visibility in the spatial layout seems to support team communication
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #Architecture #SpaceSyntax
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
My wonderful collaborator Julie Zook led on this study of an inpatient unit in a hospital in the US showing how greater levels of visibility in the spatial layout seems to support team communication
#SocialNetworkAnalysis #Architecture #SpaceSyntax
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Reflections from my wonderful colleague Prof Laura Vaughan plus contributions from the panelists at the #SpaceSyntax book launch as well as the link to download the book from @uclpress.bsky.social for free and #openAccess can be found here:
uclpress.co.uk/bill-hillier...
#urbanism #architecture
uclpress.co.uk/bill-hillier...
#urbanism #architecture
Bill Hillier’s legacy, and the future of Space Syntax – notes from the Space Syntax book launch
Space Syntax, a collection of the late Bill Hillier's work that reflects the progression of his influential ideas across his career, published in April. One of the volume's editors, Professor Laura Va...
uclpress.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reflections from my wonderful colleague Prof Laura Vaughan plus contributions from the panelists at the #SpaceSyntax book launch as well as the link to download the book from @uclpress.bsky.social for free and #openAccess can be found here:
uclpress.co.uk/bill-hillier...
#urbanism #architecture
uclpress.co.uk/bill-hillier...
#urbanism #architecture
Really enjoyed being part of this panel of distinguished scholars (Ricky Burdett, Michal Gath Morad and Vinicius Netto) celebrating Bill Hillier's work and legacy and connecting with many good friends at the book launch
#SpaceSyntax #architecture #urbanism
#SpaceSyntax #architecture #urbanism
Launch of the new @uclpress.bsky.social book Space Syntax compiling all Bill Hillier’s hard to find papers over the years. Congratulations to Laura Vaughan, John Peponis and Ruth Conroy Dalton, the hardworking editors and all those that have written chapter introductions.
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Really enjoyed being part of this panel of distinguished scholars (Ricky Burdett, Michal Gath Morad and Vinicius Netto) celebrating Bill Hillier's work and legacy and connecting with many good friends at the book launch
#SpaceSyntax #architecture #urbanism
#SpaceSyntax #architecture #urbanism
🧵 6/6
The research highlights the importance of line of sight relationships in clinic layouts to enable easier coordination for healthcare workers
#SpaceSyntax
The data and code to replicate the analysis is available in an #OpenAccess #OpenScience repository:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
The research highlights the importance of line of sight relationships in clinic layouts to enable easier coordination for healthcare workers
#SpaceSyntax
The data and code to replicate the analysis is available in an #OpenAccess #OpenScience repository:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Dryad | Data -- Lanes, clusters, lines of Sight: Modelling diagnostic eyecare clinics to improve patient flow
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🧵 6/6
The research highlights the importance of line of sight relationships in clinic layouts to enable easier coordination for healthcare workers
#SpaceSyntax
The data and code to replicate the analysis is available in an #OpenAccess #OpenScience repository:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
The research highlights the importance of line of sight relationships in clinic layouts to enable easier coordination for healthcare workers
#SpaceSyntax
The data and code to replicate the analysis is available in an #OpenAccess #OpenScience repository:
doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Continued 🧵 3/n
In terms of methods, we:
👀 observed 1007 exam durations at five different types of stations across both clinics
📐 analysed floor plans with #SpaceSyntax methods focusing on visibility and lines of sight
🐍 ran queuing simulations to find the best configuration of stations
In terms of methods, we:
👀 observed 1007 exam durations at five different types of stations across both clinics
📐 analysed floor plans with #SpaceSyntax methods focusing on visibility and lines of sight
🐍 ran queuing simulations to find the best configuration of stations
June 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Continued 🧵 3/n
In terms of methods, we:
👀 observed 1007 exam durations at five different types of stations across both clinics
📐 analysed floor plans with #SpaceSyntax methods focusing on visibility and lines of sight
🐍 ran queuing simulations to find the best configuration of stations
In terms of methods, we:
👀 observed 1007 exam durations at five different types of stations across both clinics
📐 analysed floor plans with #SpaceSyntax methods focusing on visibility and lines of sight
🐍 ran queuing simulations to find the best configuration of stations