Computational Analytical Methods for Buildings and Cities: Space Syntax and Shape Grammar

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is focussed on advanced research using two of the most famous computational methods developed for buildings and cities: space syntax and shape grammar.

Space syntax is a classic computational approach that uses graph theory mathematics to measure the social, cognitive or experiential properties of a building. Shape grammar is a well-known computational method for identifying and understanding the logic that defines the formal properties of a design or style. In essence, ‘syntactical’ methods are concerned with the spatial or topological configuration of a building and ‘grammatical’ methods with the rules that shape a building’s formal or geometric properties.

For this Special Issue, we are seeking examples of advanced research using these methods—or a combination of them alongside related approaches (isovists analysis or generative and parametric grammars)—to develop new insights into generating and evaluating design, automation, optimisation and interpretation.

Prof. Dr. Michael J. Ostwald
Dr. Ju Hyun Lee
Guest Editors

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