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The uses of space syntax historical research for policy development in heritage urbanism
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posted on 2019-02-07, 13:46 authored by Falli Palaiologou, Sam GriffithsThe application of space syntax methods to heritage related questions has a long track record
both in the field of space syntax research and beyond, for example in archaeology. These studies deploy
the theories and methods of space syntax to explore the socio-cultural dimension embedded in spatial
systems of historic and archaeological significance. Space syntax analysis provides a link between the
material and immaterial aspects of ‘spatial’ culture. It offers a critique of built environment typologies
defined in terms of stylistic periodisation by advancing an understanding of the role of spatial
configuration in the production and reproduction of space-time events. In the context of urban heritage
studies, this means looking beyond the value of buildings as individual objects to buildings as elements
in emergent arrangements of social space. Building on the comprehensive review of the disciplinary
interface between urban history and space syntax historical studies provided by Griffiths (2012), this
chapter advances ‘heritage urbanism syntax’ with the aim of orientating this body of historical research
towards contemporary issues of urban heritage. It identifies three kinds of heritage urbanism syntax: (1)
conservation areas; (2) street scales, and (3) spatial cultures in order to assist critical reflection on the
application of this perspective to urban heritage contexts. The chapter highlights how a diachronic
understanding of spatial cultures enables an integrative approach to heritage urbanism that situates
heritage within both historical and contemporary urban landscapes. It describes the potential contribution
of space syntax to inclusive bottom-up definitions of heritage and resilient heritage futures.
History
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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Cultural Urban Heritage: Development, Learning and Landscape Strategies The Urban Book SeriesPages
19 - 34Citation
Palaiologou, F. and Griffiths, S., 2019. The uses of space syntax historical research for policy development in heritage urbanism. Scitaroci, M.O., Scitaroci, B.B.O. and Mrda, A. (eds.) Cultural Urban Heritage: Development, Learning and Landscape Strategies. Chaim: Springer, pp. 19 - 34.Publisher
Springer, ChamVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This is a pre-copyedited version of a contribution published in Scitaroci, M.O., Scitaroci, B.B.O. and Mrda, A. (eds.) Cultural Urban Heritage: Development, Learning and Landscape Strategies published by Springer. The definitive authenticated version is available online via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10612-6_2.Publication date
2019-01-29ISBN
9783030106126;9783030106119ISSN
2365-757XeISSN
2365-7588Publisher version
Book series
The Urban Book Series;Language
- en