Space Syntax

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Space Syntax is a theory of architecture and built environment that seeks to explain the effect of spatial configurations on behavioral patterns of people. SYNTACTIC tools bring Space Syntax theory into parametric design workflows. More information on syntactic design methodology:

My PhD dissertation (see chapters 3 & 4)

Designing with Space Syntax

Syntactic Design Methodology

For more information, videos, news and updates you can visit the following website.

See a video demo-tutorial here.

The plugin is available for download here: https://sites.google.com/site/pirouznourian/syntactic-design.

This plugin is completely compatible with SpiderWeb for Grasshopper and we hereby thank Richard Schaffranek for all we have learned from this extremely useful plugin.

NEW VERSION WAS RELEASED ON JANUARY 25, 2015.

UPDATE: Genesis Lab [webpage][website] is to modernize, open-source, and develop the toolkit starting in December 2021. Stay tuned for updates through my YouTube Channel and ResearchGate.

Location: Delft
Members: 617
Latest Activity: on Friday

Hi, All components are ready. We are just wrapping all our VB codes into a GHA.

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SYNTACTIC Plugin 8 Replies

Hello All,I am trying to install Syntactic but when I launch grasshopper I still can't see the plugin. I used both installation methods in the installation instructions. I am also using Rhino 6, any…Continue

Started by Tha'er Abdalla. Last reply by sai kaung si thu Apr 19, 2021.

Text labels and graph gone

Hello everyone!I have just started working with Space Syntax but for some reason my labels (text) and circles (result of graph), have disappeared. I could only see the TreeGraph at some point. I had…Continue

Started by Emma Chris Oct 7, 2020.

Gradient issue with Syntactic 5 Replies

Hi guys,I don't know what is wrong with this simple definition on space syntax...Any ideas?Domain...lists...input curves?Thanks...…Continue

Started by Andrés Utz. Last reply by Frane Zilic May 11, 2020.

about the triangulate component

Hello everyone，I have the same problem with Alexander, the triangulate component don’t work. Do you know how to solve the problem? Why?Thank you very much. Best wishes.…Continue

Started by 王海涛 Feb 17, 2020.

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Comment by Pirouz Nourian on February 11, 2020 at 9:37am: Hello 王海涛,

The version on Food4Rhino is unfortunately incomplete. I shouldn't have put it there perhaps. Please use the old version from my website and refer to the instructions of Iman Sheikhansari for getting it to work.

I hope this helps.

Pirouz

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on February 11, 2020 at 9:35am: Hi YUAN SHENG LIN , thanks for your compliments. For a detailed explanation on the force directed graph drawing algorithm please see page 100 of my dissertation. 'Str_att' is the strength of attraction and 'Stre-rep' is the strength of repulsion. For very complex bubble charts or situations that do not result in a convergent diagram you can first try lowering the repulsion and then the attraction to get a near optimal layout.

I hope this helps.

Pirouz

Comment by YUAN SHENG LIN on January 4, 2020 at 11:07pm: Hello, thank you very much for developing such a useful plugin!
I have some questions about the parameters in the process of using this plug-in. In the "force directed drawing" component, is there a more detailed description of the two parameters "St_Atr" and "St_Rep" and the impact of the parameters? Thank you very much!!

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on November 5, 2019 at 3:16am: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336799509_Configurative_De...

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on August 27, 2019 at 2:03am: Hi Iman Sheikhansari,

Many thanks for sharing your solution!

Comment by Iman Sheikhansari on August 26, 2019 at 8:33am: Hi
If you are encountering a problem with rhino 6 versions don't worry
Follow these steps.
1. Download SYNTACTIC from https://sites.google.com/site/pirouznourian/syntactic-design
2. Install it and go to the installation folder, Drag & drop SYNTACTIC(green one) over your grasshopper canvas.
3. Close your rhino and reopen it.
4. Type GrasshopperDeveloperSettings
5. Tick the Memory load *.GHA assemblies using COFF byte arrays option
6. Run grasshopper and enjoy plugin

Comment by Shameem Ashraf on May 14, 2019 at 11:35am: Hi Pirouz,

I am using Rhino 5 x64 version actually.

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on May 14, 2019 at 2:14am: Hi Shameem Ashraf, it could be that you are using it in Rhino 6; which might be incompatible with our last release. We are working on an update to resolve the issue.

Hope this helps.

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on May 14, 2019 at 2:14am: Hi Shameem Ashraf, it could be that you are using it in Rhino 6; which might be incompatible with our last release. We are working on an update to resolve the issue.

Hope this helps.

Comment by Pirouz Nourian on May 14, 2019 at 2:13am: Hi Shameem Ashraf, it could be that you are using it in Rhino 6; which might be incompatible with our last release. We are working on an update to resolve the issue.

Hope this helps.