eprintid: 10194321 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/43/21 datestamp: 2024-07-09 12:54:40 lastmod: 2024-09-09 06:10:11 status_changed: 2024-07-09 12:54:40 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Li, Chenyang creators_name: Psarra, Sophia creators_name: Hanna, Sean title: Traversability in Spatial Configuration: Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 divisions: F36 keywords: Traversability, Hamiltonicity, spatial structure, space syntax note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: 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. date: 2024-06-28 date_type: published publisher: Space Syntax Network official_url: https://cyprusconferences.org/14sss/ oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2293036 lyricists_name: Hanna, Sean lyricists_id: SPHAN24 actors_name: Hanna, Sean actors_id: SPHAN24 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pres_type: paper series: International Space Syntax Symposium (SSS) publication: Proceedings of SSS14: The 14th International Space Syntax Symposium volume: 14 place_of_pub: Nicosia, Cyprus event_title: The 14th International Space Syntax Symposium (SSS14) event_dates: 24 Jun 2024 - 28 Jun 2024 book_title: Proceedings of SSS14: The 14th International Space Syntax Symposium citation: Li, Chenyang; Psarra, Sophia; Hanna, Sean; (2024) Traversability in Spatial Configuration: Some Theoretical and Practical Aspects. In: Proceedings of SSS14: The 14th International Space Syntax Symposium. Space Syntax Network: Nicosia, Cyprus. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194321/1/sss142024_final_paper_10.pdf