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The Space Syntax Laboratory’s expertise lies in developing robust methods of analysis for studying the built environment as a physical entity.

The Laboratory accomplishes this by uniquely combining the creation of software for spatial network analysis with quantifiable data on observed function and social network analysis, so that metric properties of space can be analysed in relation to social and economic measures.

Space syntax methods can predict the effects of spatial interventions on aspects of social, organisational and economic performance in existing built environments and new urban areas.

Selected publications

Read on for selected publications by researchers in the Space Syntax Lab, and follow the link to their IRIS profiles to see more.

Space and Society in BuildingsÌý

Dr Sam Griffiths

• Griffiths, Sam (2021 in press). . London; New York: Routledge.
• Griffiths, Sam & Laura Vaughan (2020). Urban History 47.3: 488-511.Ìý
• Griffiths, Sam & Alexander Von LünenÌý(2016). doi:10.4324/9781315610269

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Dr Kayvan Karimi

• Shen, Y., & Karimi, K. (2018). . Journal of Urban Design. doi:10.1080/13574809.2017.1337496
• Ruiz-Apilánez, B., Karimi, K., García-Camacha, I., & Martín, R. (2017). ÌýURBAN DESIGN International. doi:10.1057/s41289-016-0036-2
• Karimi, K. (2017).ÌýÌýJournal of Urban Design, 23 (1), 1-4. doi:10.1080/13574809.2018.1403177

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Professor Sophia Psarra

• Psarra, S. (2019). . Routledge.
• Psarra, S. (2018). . UCL Press. doi:10.14324/111.9781787352391
• Psarra, S. (2009). . Routledge.

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Dr Kerstin Sailer

• Pachilova, R., & Sailer, K. (2020). . The Journal of Architecture, 25 (2), 186-202. doi:10.1080/13602365.2020.1733802
• Sailer, K. (2018). ÌýIn H. M. Tse, H. Daniels, A. Stables, S. Cox (Eds.), Designing buildings for the future of schooling: Contemporary visions for education (pp. 87-111). Routledge.
• Sailer, K., & McCulloh, I. (2012). ÌýSocial Networks, 34 (1), 47-58. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2011.05.005

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Professor Laura Vaughan

• Vaughan, L. (2018). . London: UCL Press.
• Vaughan, L., Ed. (2015). . London: UCL Press. doi:10.14324/111.9781910634134
• Vaughan, L., Ed. (2007) Progress in Planning 67 (3), 199-294

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Architectural Computation, Machine Intelligence and Virtual Reality - Extended Reality in Architecture

Ava Fatah gen Schieck

• Hamed S. Alavi, Elizabeth F. Churchill, Mikael Wiberg, Denis Lalanne, Peter Dalsgaard, Ava Fatah gen Schieck, and Yvonne Rogers. (2019). ACM TOCHI Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 26, 2, Article 6 (2019), 10 pages. doi:10.1145/3309714
• Afonso, A., & Fatah gen. Schieck, A. (2019). ÌýBehaviour & Information Technology. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2019.1693630
• Fatah gen Schieck, A. (2009). 'Towards an integrated architectural media space: the urban screen as a socialising platform.' In S. McQuire, M. Martin, & S. Niederer (Eds.), Urban Screens Reader, 243-260. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.

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Professor Sean Hanna

• Hanna, S. (2020). ÌýIn R. Sheil, S. Hanna, M. Ramsgaard Thomsen, M. Tamke (Eds.), Design Transactions: Rethinking Information Modelling for a New Material Age. UCL Press.
• Hanna, S. (2020). ÌýEnvironment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 0, 1-15. doi:10.1177/2399808320946766
• Zhuang, X., & Hanna, S. (2020). ÌýInternational Journal of Machine Learning and Computing, 10 (4), 507-512. doi:10.18178/ijmlc.2020.10.4.965

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Professor Alan Penn

• Charalambous, E., Hanna, S., & Penn,ÌýA. (2021). ÌýSpatial Cognition and Computation. doi:10.1080/13875868.2020.1865359
• Engin, Z., van Dijk, J., Lan, T., Longley, P. A., Treleaven, P., Batty, M., & Penn, A. (2019). ÌýJournal of Urban Management. doi:10.1016/j.jum.2019.12.001
• Penn, A. R., Pinter-Wollman, N., Theraulaz, G., & Fiore, S. M. (2018). ÌýPhilosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences. doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0232

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Dr Tasos Varoudis

• VaroudisÌýT., Penn A., (2020) , Formal Methods in Architecture, Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, Sara Eloy, David Leite Viana, Franklim Morais, Jorge Vieira Vaz (Eds), Springer.Ìý
• VaroudisÌýT., Swenson A., Kirkton S. and Waters J., (2018)Ìý 373. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
• VaroudisÌýT., Penn A., (2015), ‘Visibility, Accessibility and Beyond: Next Generation Visibility Graph Analysis’, In K. Karimi, L. Vaughan, K. Sailer, G. Palaiologou, & T. Bolton (Eds.), The Proceedings of the 10th International Space Syntax Symposium. London, UK.Ìý

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