Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool
Trees are a major factor in defining the spatial qualities of outdoor spaces. This study investigates the influence of spatial configuration produced by the proposed tree planting design on the visual fields of an urban park using space syntax theory. Space syntax theory assumes that an urban area c...
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| description | Trees are a major factor in defining the spatial qualities of outdoor spaces. This study investigates the influence of spatial configuration produced by the proposed tree planting design on the visual fields of an urban park using space syntax theory. Space syntax theory assumes that an urban area can be represented as a matrix of connected spaces. The quantitative properties of this matrix in the form of syntactic measures can be measured using computer simulations. This research investigates how space syntax techniques can help assess the effect of tree configurations on the social structure of a small-scale garden in an urban park. Such techniques are assumed useful in predicting the social structure of the proposed space and in assessing design alternatives. An experimental study using three different planting design proposals for an urban park is conducted. Data are analyzed using space syntax techniques. Results reveal a significant effect of planting configurations on syntactic measures across the three proposals. This study suggests that space syntax techniques may have a significant value in the assessment of schematic planting design, especially at the pedestrian movement level. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae3fa183d00b47df94502f4cb95f295e2022-12-21T22:18:05ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Frontiers of Architectural Research2095-26352015-03-0141354510.1016/j.foar.2014.09.001Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment toolAyman Hassaan Mahmoud0Reham H. Omar1Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12211, EgyptThe Canadian International College, EgyptTrees are a major factor in defining the spatial qualities of outdoor spaces. This study investigates the influence of spatial configuration produced by the proposed tree planting design on the visual fields of an urban park using space syntax theory. Space syntax theory assumes that an urban area can be represented as a matrix of connected spaces. The quantitative properties of this matrix in the form of syntactic measures can be measured using computer simulations. This research investigates how space syntax techniques can help assess the effect of tree configurations on the social structure of a small-scale garden in an urban park. Such techniques are assumed useful in predicting the social structure of the proposed space and in assessing design alternatives. An experimental study using three different planting design proposals for an urban park is conducted. Data are analyzed using space syntax techniques. Results reveal a significant effect of planting configurations on syntactic measures across the three proposals. This study suggests that space syntax techniques may have a significant value in the assessment of schematic planting design, especially at the pedestrian movement level.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263514000594Landscape designSpace syntaxPlantingUrban parksCairo |
| spellingShingle | Ayman Hassaan Mahmoud Reham H. Omar Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool Frontiers of Architectural Research Landscape design Space syntax Planting Urban parks Cairo |
| title | Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| title_full | Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| title_fullStr | Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| title_full_unstemmed | Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| title_short | Planting design for urban parks: Space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| title_sort | planting design for urban parks space syntax as a landscape design assessment tool |
| topic | Landscape design Space syntax Planting Urban parks Cairo |
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