Key-Note and Invited Papers
Key-Note Papers

K01
Spatial Sustainability in Cities
Organic Patterns and Sustainable Forms
Bill Hillier

K02
Pricing Accessibility
Urban Buzz Position Paper (2008)
Chris Webster

K03
Mental Maze Solving
From Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 12: 813-827, 2000.
David A. Crowe, Bruno B. Averbeck, Matthew V. Chafee, John H. Anderson and Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

I01
A Note on Social Networks and Physical Space
Christopher Edling

I02
Notes on Accessibility
In Search of a Unified Theory
Michael Batty

I03
The Intrinsic Logic of Cities
Martina Löw

I04
Place, Space Syntax and attraction-accessibility
Anders Karlström (with Lars-Göran Mattsson)

I05
Matters of Urban Segregation
Mats Franzén

Peer-reviewed Papers
Long Papers

001
Cities as Emergent Models
The Morphological Logic of Manhattan and Barcelona
Kinda Al Sayed; Alasdair Turner; Sean Hanna

002
The Village and the City
A Diagnostic Study of the Spatial Embedding Patterns in Villages Absorbed by Cities in Bahrain
Wafa AL-Ghatam

003
Urban Texture and Space Configuration
Analysing Recife’s Urban Fragments
Amorim, Luiz; Filho Barros, Normando Mauro; Débora Cruz

004
Knowledge Sharing in Research Buildings and about their Design
Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek

005
Spatial Order and Security
Case Study of Two Housing Estates
Anna Awtuch

006
Visibility and Spatial Use in Urban Plazas
A Case Study from Biskra, Algeria
Yassine Bada; Yasemin Ince Guney

007
The Analysis of Visual Functioning in Buildings
Sonit Bafna; Carina Antunez; Myung Seok Hyun; Hyun Kyung Lee; Yi Lu

008
Transport Mobility at the University of Brasilia, Brazil
Ana Paula Barros; Paulo Cesar Silva; Frederico Holanda; Valério Medeiros; José Augusto Fortes

010
Building Skin as a Connector – Not a Representation
Dana Bixby

011
What Constitutes a Main Staircase?
Evidence from Wayfinding Behaviour, Architectural Expertise and Space Syntax Methods
Martin Brösamle; Magda Mavridou; Christoph Hölscher

012
Poverty and Connectivity
Crossing the Tracks
Ann Carpenter; John Peponis

013
A Square or a Bridge?
The Eleftheria Square Case
Nadia Charalambous; Christos Hadjichristos

014
The economic ‘health’ of market towns
A configurational approach to accessibility
Julienne Hanson

015
Residential Property Value Patterns in London 
Space Syntax spatial Analysis
Alain Chiaradia; Bill Hillier; Yolandes Barnes; Christian Schwander

016
Spatial Centrality, Economic Vitality/Viability
Compositional and Spatial Effects in Greater London
Alain Chiaradia; Bill Hillier; Christian Schwander1; Martin Wedderburn

017
Spatial Economics of Crime
Spatial Design Factors and the Total Social Cost of Crime Against Individuals and Property in London
Alain Chiaradia; Bill Hillier; Christian Schwander

018
A Medieval Conurbation?
Using Space Syntax in the Study of the Medieval Urban Network as Exemplified by the Bailiwick of ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Marlous Craane

019
The Medieval Urban ’Movement Economy’
Using Space Syntax in the Study of Medieval Towns as Exemplified by the Town of
’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Marlous Craane

020
A Model of Weak Heritage
The Development of 3D VGA Tools
Rodrigo Culagovski; Margarita Greene; Rodrigo Mora

021
Accessibility and Exclusion
The Configurational Approach to the Inclusive Design of Urban Spaces
Valerio Cutini

022
International Conurbations along Brazil-Uruguay Border
How Ambiguity Drives Spatial Patterns and Social Exchange
Andrea da Costa Braga; Andrea da Costa Braga; Décio Rigatti

023
Solutions for Visibility Accessibility and Signage Problems via Layered Graphs
Sheep Dalton; Ruth Dalton

024
Extracting Cognitively Relevant Measures from Environmental Models
Drew Dara-Abrams

026
The Analysis of Urban Features That Affect Land Values In Residential Areas
Topcu, Mehmet; Kubat, Ayse Sema

027
Benign or Exploitative and Space
The Changing Pattern of Shopping Development in a Rapidly Developing City Dhaka
Nasreen Hossain

028
Architects are Talking about Space
Pelin Dursun

031
Influences of Spatial Configuration Learning on Spatial Behavior
–focused on the shortest distance and visibility
Ahyun Kim; Young Ook Kim

032
Evaluating the Campus-Downtown Relationship
The Spatial Configura­tion of Four College Towns in Small Metropolitan Regions in the United States
Adhya, Anirban

033
Indiscipline Which Transforms Architecture
Appropriations of Domestic Space in the Federal District
Franciney França; Frederico Holanda

034
Anti-social Behaviour and Urban Configuration
Using Space Syntax to Understand Spatial Patterns of Socio-environmental Disorder
Eva Friedrich; Bill Hillier; Alain Chiaradia

036
The Differentiating Behaviour of Shoppers
Clustering of Individual Movement Traces in a Supermarket
Jorge Gil; Eime Tobari; Maia Lemlij; Anna Rose; Alan Penn

037
Persistence and Change in the Spatio-Temporal Description of Sheffield Parish c.1750-1905
Sam Griffiths

038
A Syntactic Analysis of Recent Changes in CBD of Balikesir, Turkey
Yasemin Ince Guney; Ayse Sema Kubat; Ozlem Ozer; Hatice Ucar

039
Spectral Comparison of Large Urban Graphs
Sean Hanna

040
Can Mobility Flow Analysis Improve Informal Learning Processes in Tradi­tional Educational establishments?
Teresa Heitor; Ana Tomé

041
A Modeling Approach for Estimating the Impact of Spatial Configuration on Nurses’ Movement
Yeonsook Heo; Ruchi Choudhary; Sonit Bafna; Ann Hendrich; Marylyn P. Chow

042
What do We Need to Add to a Social Network to Get a Society?
Answer: Something Like What You Have to Add to a Spatial Network to Get a City
Bill Hillier

043
Of Glass and Concrete
Internal versus External Space Relations in Oscar Niemeyer’s Architecture
Frederico Holanda

045
The Efficient Use of Private on Open Space through a Correlation Analysis between Space Type and Street
-Focu­sing on Local St. at Yoido Capital St.
Hee Hyoun Hwang; Young Ook Kim; Heang Woo Shin

047
Tower Place Drive
A Private Road
Peng Jiang; John Peponis

046
Formulating an Idea – A Path for Design
Pangiotis Ilias; Zoe Georgiadou

048
A multi-disciplinary perspective on the built environment
Space Syntax and Cartography – the communication challenge
Catherine Jones; Sam Griffiths; Haklay Mordechai; Laura Vaughan

050
Spatial Structure Analysis in Accordance with the Mode of Inter­connection between Surface and Underground Pedestrian Networks
Dongdaemun Stadium Neighborhood
Hye Sun Jung; Young Ook Kim; Hoon Tae Park

052
Spatial Logic of Morphological Transformation
A Paradigm of Planned – Unplanned Areas in Dhaka City
Nayma Khan; Farida Nilufar

053
Using Space Syntax to trace the Japanese urban renovation from JYOKAMACHI to modern cities
What formed the city, the Centre or the Boundary?
Tsuyoshi Kigawa; Kyung Wook Seo

054
Angular VGA and Cellular VGA
An exploratory study for spatial ana­lysis methodology based on human movement behavior

Minseok Kim; Jaepil Choi

055
Changes in Korean Apartment Unit Plans from the 1990s to the 2000s
An analysis of spatial configuration and socio-cultural implication of apartment units in Korea
Youngchul Kim; Fernando Lara

056
Difference of Place Vitality in Two Central Plazas
A Comparison of the Diag on the Central Campus and the Lurie Bell Tower Plaza on the North Campus of the University of Michigan
Youngchul Kim

057
Architectural Fashion Magazines
Daniel Koch

058
Architecture re-configured
Daniel Koch

062
Exploring Multi-layered Hyper Dense Urban Environments through Spatial Analysis
Stephen Law; Yunfei Zhao

063
The Effect of Spatial Configuration and Land Use Pattern on Land Price Formation
In Hea Lee; Young Ook Kim

064
Accessibility and Urban Life
Aspects on Social Segregation
Ann Legeby

065
From housing segregation to integration in public space
Ann Legeby

066
Young People’s Gatherings in the Urban Public Realm
Enhancement of or distraction from its liveability or distraction from its liveability
Reem Zako

067
From Syntax to Plot
The spatial language of a Chinese garden
Shaoming Lu

068
Targeted Visibility Analysis in Buildings
Correlating Targeted Visibility Analysis with Distribution of People and Their Interactions within an Intensive Care Unit
Yi Lu; John Peponis; Craig Zimring

069
The Advantage of Generality
Dwellings’ Potential for Housing Different Ways of Living
Bendik Manum

070
AGRAPH
Complementary Software for Axial-Line Analysis
Bendik Manum

071
Discourse versus design
A comparative analysis of expected spatial performance as stated in briefs and laid out in plans
Edja Trigueiro; Fernanda de Paula; Carlos Onofre

072
The impact of Different Building Height Configurations on Navigation and Wayfinding
Magda Mavridou; Christoph Hoelscher; Christopher Kalff

073
Handling Architectural Complexity by Combining Genetic and Syntactic Approaches
The Case of Traditional Settlements in North Africa
Said Mazouz; Nawel Benhsain

074
The Myth of the Intention
The Portuguese Urban Heritage Overseas
Valério Medeiros; Frederico de Holanda; Ana Paula Barros

075
There is a City on the Riverside
Sandra Mello; Frederico Holanda

076
Two Stages and just one Open-air Market
A Morphological Study on the Open-air Market of Caruaru (Brazil) in the Space of the Town in 1992 and in 2007
Gustavo Miranda

077
The Urban Grid and its Consequences Assiut
An Egyptian Case-Study
Ahmed Mohamed Refaat Mohamed; Frank Edward Brown

078
Re-reading Historical Cairo
Spatial Configuration Transformation
Nabil Mohareb

080
Spatial Profiles of Urban Crimes
The Role of Morphology in a Context of Social Inequality
Circe Monteiro; Carolina Puttini Iannicelli

081
Scale Unbound Analyses
Pete Ferguson

082
Developing Spatial Configuration Abilities Coupled with the Space Syntax Theory for First Year Architectural Studies
Francisco Olmos Reveron

084
The Effects of Street Configuration on Transit Ridership
Ayse Ozbil; John Peponis; Sonit Bafna

086
Boundary Effects on the Intelligibility and Predictability of Spatial Systems
Hoon-Tae Park

087
Atlanta: A Morphological History
Stephanie Dawn Haynie; John Peponis

088
Combining Different Methodological Approaches to Analyze the Oporto Metropolitan Area
Paulo Pinho; Vitor Oliveira

089
The Ghost of Conceived Space
What Kind of Work Does or Should Space Syntax Perform for Architecture
Sophia Psarra

090
Social and Technical Challenges to the Use of Space Syntax Methodologies as a Planning Support System (PSS) in American Urban Design
Noah Raford

091
Revisiting Public-private Gradients in Neighborhoods
Towards a ’Space of Action’
Stephen Read

092
Acting Across Scales
Describing Urban Surfaces as  Technical ’Fields of Action’
Stephen Read

093
Measuring Conurbation
Decio Rigatti

094
Experiencing Museum Gallery Layouts through Local and Global Visibility Properties in Morphology
An inquiry on the YCBA, the MoMA and the HMA
Ipek Kaynar Rohloff; Sophia Psarra; Jean Wineman

095
Spatiality and Transpatiality in Workplace Environments
Kerstin Sailer; Alan Penn

096
Comparative Studies of Offices Pre and Post
How Changing Spatial Configurations Affect Organisational Behaviours
Kerstin Sailer; Andrew Budgen; Nathan Lonsdale; Alasdair Turner; Alan Penn

097
Visibility in Architecture Extended through Audiovisual Communication Technologies
Holger Schnädelbach

098
The Effects of Street Connectivity upon the Distribution of Local Vehicular Traffic in Metropolitan Atlanta
Martin Scoppa; Steven French; John Peponis

101
Evolution of Street Networks in Adriatic and Ionian Coastal Cities 1769-2007
Ermal Shpuza

102
Spatial Configuration of Residential Area and Vulnerability of Burglary
Case Studies from UK and Taiwan
Chih-Feng Shu

104
Comparing Human Wayfinding Behavior in Real and Virtual Environment
Aga Skorupka

105
Decision System in the Movement of Pedestrians
André Souza Silva

106
Analyzing the Invisible
Syntactic Interpretation of Archaeolo­gical Remains through Geophysical Prospection
Giles Spence-Morrow

107
Spatial and Social Configurations in Offices
Jesper Steen

108
Clubs and Lounges at Roman Ostia
The Spatial Organisation of a Boomtown Phenomenon (Space Syntax Applied to the Study of Second Century AD ’Guild Buildings’ at a Roman Port Town)
Hanna Stoeger

109
Compact Sprawl Experiments
four strategic densification scenarios for two modernist suburbs in Stockholm
Alexander Ståhle; Lars Marcus

111
Metric Mean Distance Reconsidered
Gunnar Tausch

114
The Heart and the Dragon
Investigating effects of two projects on the old town centre of Fortaleza
Edja Trigueiro; Fernanda Paula

116
Stitching Together the Fabric of Space and Society
An Investigation into the Linkage of the Local to Regional Continuum
Alasdair Turner

117
The Art Museum as a City or a Machine for Showing Art?
Kali Tzortzi

118
An Analysis of Pedestrian Movement in Multilevel Complex by Space Syntax Theory
In the Case of Shibuya Station
Jumpei Ueno; Aya Nakazawa; Tatsuya Kishimoto

119
Intelligibility in Large Spatial Systems
The Case of Porto Alegre Metropolitan Region
Claudio Ugalde; D Rigatti; Fabio Zampieri; Andrea Braga

120
Measuring the Degree of Street Vitality in Excavated Towns
How can Macro and Micro Spatial Analyses Tools Contribute to Under­standings on the Spatial Organization of Urban Life in Pompeii?
Akkelies van Nes

121
Analysing Larger Metropolitan Areas
On Identification Criteria for Middle Scale Networks
Akkelies van Nes

123
Spatial Behaviour in Dutch Dwelling Areas
How Housing Layouts Affects the Behaviour of its Users
Akkelies van Nes; Lisette Rueb

124
Network Typology, Junction Typology and Spatial Configuration
and Their Impacts on Street Vitality in Singapore
Akkelies van Nes; Shi ZhaoHui

126
Space Configuration and Movement Pattern of Chinese Traditional Settlement
A case study of Wangkou Wuyuan County
Haofeng Wang

127
The Spatial Signature of Suburban ’Active’ Centres
Laura Vaughan; Kate (Catherine) Jones; Sam Griffiths; Mordechai (Muki) Haklay

128
Transformation of Space Behaviour Relation
A Case Study of Shopping Centers in Istanbul
Ahmet Verdil

130
Syntax of Change in the Mid-twentieth Century American House
Alice Vialard; Sonit Bafna

131
Contributions of Accessibility and Visibility Characteristics to Neighbor­hood Typologies and their Predictions of Physical Activity and Health
Jean D. Wineman; Robert W. Marans; Amy J. Schulz; Diaan L. van der Westhui­zen; Sonya Grant-Pierson; Paul Max

132
Interface of Indoor and Outdoor Spaces in Buildings
A Syntactic Comparison of Architectural Schools in Istanbul
Alper Ünlü; Erincik Edgü; Fitnat Cimsit ; Mehmet Emin Salgamcioglu; Ervin Garip; Ashkan Mansouri

133
Alternative Geometry for Space Syntax
Chaeshin Yoon

134
Architecture as Curatorial Device
Space, Views and Narrative in the Galleries of the High Museum of Art
Pegah Zamani

Short Papers

009
Visibility and Permeability
Complementary Syntactical Attributes of Wayfinding
Mateus Paulo Beck; Benamy Turkienicz

025
Evolution and Change in Street-use
A Functional and Mophological Analysis of City Corridors in Eastern Java
Endang Titi Sunarti Darjosanjoto

029
Urban Form and Urban Capital
How spatial capital creates, attracts and enhances social and human capital in regional growth
Björn Fallström; Lars Marcus; Patrik Ström

030
Spatial and Ethnic Patterns
The interface between ’majority’ and ’minority’ in Macedonia
Armir Ferati

035
Can We Measure Consumption?
Ervin Garip; Alper Unlu

044
Making an Urban Oasis
The use of Space Syntax in Assessing Dhanmondi Lake Revitalization Project in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Nasreen Hossain; Ishtiaque Zahir; Poddar Apurba

049
A Study on the Analysis Interrelation mixed-used facility’s Spacial configuration and Functions
Ji-Hee Jung; Young-Ook Kim; Haeng-Woo Shin

051
Security in Affordable Housing Project in Saudi Arabia
Husam Khalil; Alaa A. Nassif

059
Defining Salient Elements of Environment and Memory
Subjective and Objective Landmarks in Ayvalik, Turkey
Emine Koseoglu; Deniz Erinsel Onder

060
The Effects of the New Development Projects on the Urban Macroform of Dubai
A Syntactic Evaluation
Ayse Sema Kubat; Yasemin Ince Guney; Ozlem Ozer; Mehmet Topcu; Suveyda Bayraktar

061
Configurational Comparison of City Center Shopping District and Shopping Mall,
with Observation of Shop Locations
Yusuke Kuribayashi; Tatsuya Kishimoto

079
Analysis of Space Attribute and Tourist Behavior Pattern on Chinese Private Gardens
A Comparison Study of Guozhuang Garden and Shizilin Garden
Ye Chen

083
The Spatial Alteration of Istanbul Celiktepe District
Cagda Ozbaki; Deniz Erinsel Onder

099
A New Approach to the Flows System Analysis in the Teaching Hospitals
Nicoletta Setola

100
’Haft Menbar’ Path of Identity Segregated from the Historic Zones of the City
Mahshid Shokouh; Parisa Sarvarian

103
Comparative Precedents on the Study of Urban Morphology
Yina Sima; Dian Zhang

112
Issues of Inscription in Temporal Experience
Re-composing a Staircase
Antonis Touloumis; Katerina Michalopoulou

113
Finding Ways around the Campus
A Study to Support a New Signage System for a University Campus in Natal, Brazil
Edja Trigueiro; Carlos Onofre

115
Spatial Segregation and Place Making Practice in an Urban Space
Ezgi Tuncer Gurkas

122
Gender Differences in the Urban Environment.
The flâneur and flâneuse of the 21st Century
Akkelies van Nes; Tra My Nguyen

125
Natural Movement Versus Land Value
An analysis of the relationship between spatial integration and land value in an Asian city
Wen-Chieh (Jeffrey) Wang; Hong-Wei Tsai

129
The Effect of Transportation System in Suleymaniye on Abandonment
Insigts for Urban Integration
Ahmet Verdil; Alper Ünlü

135
Evaluated Model of Pedestrian Movement Based on Space Syntax, Performance Measures and Artificial Neural Nets
F L Zampieri; D Rigatti; C Ugalde