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%A Li, Chenyang
%A Psarra, Sophia
%A Hanna, Sean
%C Nicosia, Cyprus
%D 2024
%F discovery:10194321
%I Space Syntax Network
%K Traversability, Hamiltonicity, spatial structure, space syntax
%T Traversability in Spatial Configuration: Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194321/
%V 14
%X Traversability, a relatively new concept in the field of space syntax study, was introduced by Hillier  (2019) in his last paper, measuring the ease with which a layout can be traversed as a whole  without crossing the same space twice. In his preliminary comparison of the traversability value  of four structure types (a-. b-. c- and d-structures), Hillier argued that the understanding of  traversability in graph structures, regarding its functional effects and social meanings, will  contribute to the enrichment of space syntax theory. Taking Hillier’s work as a starting point, this  paper provides a more in-depth exploration of traversability in four dimensions. a. providing  mathematical evaluations of the traversability value in a-, b-, c- and d-structure with the number  of nodes ranging from four (the minimum number of nodes to form a d-structure) to n; b. conducting  experiments with how changes in local spatial relationships may affect the global value of  traversability in a configuration, thereby illustrating the architectural implications of the measure;  c. classifying distinctions in social meanings between spatial configurations with high and low  traversability values. This analytic is based on comparing traversability values with established  classifications of layouts in space syntax research using the conceptual/analytical pairs of high/low  integration and strong/weak programmes (Hillier 1996); d. measuring and comparing  traversability values of real-world layouts using a python programme developed for this study. We argue that these four dimensions of analysis highlight the significance of this new measure; we  also explain what they add to existing applications of space syntax analysis. The paper concludes  with directions for the future exploration of this new measure and possible applications in practical  fields.
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