TY  - UNPB
AV  - public
N1  - Approved for UCL Eprints by Dr. L. Vaughan, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies
UR  - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4928/
M1  - Masters
N2  - This research study investigates the hypothesis that Space Syntax plays a role in
enhancing architectural design as a knowledge-based process by bringing the nondiscursive
design process onto a discursive level, and by making explicit the logic of
processing, evaluating, and reasoning about design. In order to establish an evidencebased
argument for this hypothesis the study will scrutinize the performances and
outcomes of architects solving a well-defined problem. The paper constructs the study on
a literature background exploring the different theories which were concerned with the
analysis and evaluation of design processes and outcomes. The analysis of design
processes was investigated on micro and macro scales and the evaluation of solutions was
considered in terms of spatial configurations and the social organization embodied in
space. The research then goes on to apply some of these analytical studies to a set of
design tasks made by architects who have a background in Space Syntax theory, and
architects with other architectural backgrounds. The question then turns to the influence
of Space Syntax theory on the strategies and cognitive actions of the design processes
and the observational study will attempt to prove whether the knowledge of Space Syntax
can have a positive effect on architects during their design process, taking into
consideration that Space Syntax, as a morphic language, can render the non-discursive
discursive of architecture. In the following step the design solutions are evaluated in
terms of qualities regarding social organization, and in terms of quantities measuring the
values of their spatial configurations. The analysis of the design processes and outcomes
will show differences between the two groups of architects, in addition to some
individual differences between the architects. Thus this research proves that the
knowledge of space syntax may partially enhance the productivity of design process by
making it more explicit.
PB  - UCL (University College London)
Y1  - 2007/09//
ID  - discovery4928
TI  - Discursive and Non-Discursive Design Processes
EP  - 107
A1  - Al-Sayed, K.
ER  -