Space Syntax

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://genesis-lab.dev/products/syntactic/

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. 

See our newest results these publications:

Voxel Graph Operators

Voxel-Based Spatial Ergonomics Research

Evaluating Spatial Configurations as to their [Adaptive] Reuse Potential

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

space syntax area refrence

Hi

I used your space syntax for an architectural function relation diagram, but i have a problem because there is a rule that number of points and areas should be the same, so in a situation that i have 5 points and 10 lines(relations), how can i know that which number refers to which relation?

I would be thankful if u could please help me

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    Tariq ALRashdan

    it's not about the lines
    the functions list length and areas list length  and points count should be the same 

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      王海涛

      Dear maryam ma, I have a problem with installing the space syntax plugin. Syntactic.gha can be put in the special folder of grasshopper_0.9.76.0 and rhino 6 on Windows 64 system. It works, but lack some components. So I want to use the old version syntactic V2.7, which need to be installed. The problem is that syntactic V2.7 installed cannot be shown in grasshopper (0.9.56.0-0.9.76.0) and rhino 5.

      First, the specification shows after the syntactic V2.7 installation the green syntactic.gha which cannot be found should be put in the special folder. Why it don’t have the green syntactic.gha?

      Second, the specification shows the syntactic V2.7 should be installed in grasshopper 0.9.0075 which cannot be found all through the Internet. Who can send me the grasshopper 0.9.0075?

      Finally, someone said the old version space syntax should be installed in rhino 5 on Windows 32 system. Is it true?

      If you want to share your experience with me, you could send me an email also.

      Email: 309118464@qq.com

      Thank you very much in advance. Best wishes.

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