Pathways to creating differentiated grids: Types, benefits and costs

Chen Feng and John Peponis
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Chen Feng: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Environment and Planning B, 2022, vol. 49, issue 2, 535-548

Abstract: The patterns of syntactic differentiation and their causes and effects are fundamental to space syntax analysis. Often, however, differentiation is taken for granted with no reference to the dynamic process that brings it about. Here, we first show that by measuring the amount of syntactic differentiation, we can better distinguish between types of street networks. We then show that repeated local transformations of a regular street grid lead to different yet largely predictable trajectories of differentiation depending upon the rules used. Finally, we show that different paths to differentiation entail different costs in terms of undesirable properties. This allows us to better assess the likely consequences of design moves and their appropriateness relative to design intentions.

Keywords: Design space; differentiated grid; typology; superblock; space syntax (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/23998083211013818

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