The book presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The theory is developed on the basis of a new way of describing and analysing the kinds of spatial patterns produced by buildings and towns. The methods are explained so that anyone interested in how towns or buildings are structured and how they work can make use of them. The book also presents a new theory of societies and spatial systems, and what it is about different types of society that leads them to adopt fundamentally different spatial forms. From this general theory, the outline of a 'pathology of modern urbanism' in today's social context is developed.
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' … a highly recommended, galvanizing, and very significant contribution to architectural theory.' Journal of Environmental Psychology
'No doubt the book will create controversy and attract criticism. but this is a function of its great importance for the development of theory in architectural and urban studies, in which it will open up whole new areas of debate and investigation.' Architects' Journal
'My welcoming of this long-awaited book has at least two sources. First, it is a big step in attempts to develop a truly theoretical discourse on built form, and secondly, it represents a substantial groundwork towards an intelligent understanding of the social nature of binding and urban spaces. The incredible shallowness of much of design criticism can and should now be tackled with a much richer tool box than before.' Design Research
'No doubt the book will create controversy and attract criticism. but this is a function of its great importance for the development of theory in architectural and urban studies, in which it will open up whole new areas of debate and investigation.' Architects' Journal
'My welcoming of this long-awaited book has at least two sources. First, it is a big step in attempts to develop a truly theoretical discourse on built form, and secondly, it represents a substantial groundwork towards an intelligent understanding of the social nature of binding and urban spaces. The incredible shallowness of much of design criticism can and should now be tackled with a much richer tool box than before.' Design Research
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The book presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The methods are explained so that anyone interested in how towns or buildings are structured and how they work can make use of them.
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I have been motivated to correct one small point on this 'most helpful' review. Neither Bill nor I are geographers. I am an architect. I trained at Canterbury, when it was one of a small number of art schools that offered professionally accredited architecture courses during the 1970s. It is fundamental to my personal philosophy, and to the account that I have tried to develop about space over the last 35 years, that I speak as an architect.
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What an amazing book! Read it, then find 'Space Is The Machine' online and read that as well. Essential reading for architects, planners, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, basically anyone with an interest in society, cities, buildings.
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The Social Logic of Space
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By Kevin Schwarz
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This book is a seminal work in the social science study of the use of space and architecture. Hillier and Hanson are geographers but this book would appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, urban planners, and mathematicians. According to Hillier and Hanson human culture is inherently spatial in its expression though it often has not been considered as such. The authors take a topological approach and provide for a "space syntax" analysis that treats human architecture as a "meta-linguistic" system. That is, human architecture is a system of signs, a simple form of language. By analyzing architecture and human use of space in this way the plan of a building becomes more important to analyze than the decorative facade, which typically is the focus of architectural historians. In sum, this book and its approach has given rise to a number of structural and post-structural methods for architectural analysis.
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