Looking forward to joining the panel for the book launch of @uclpress book 'Selected papers by Bill Hillier' this evening, 7 May at 6pm BST at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London

Join the launch event online:
https://ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XLieT_aGQz-DjvO96idoxQ#/registration

More info on the book:
https://sciences.social/@kerstinsailer/114425924271982629

#SpaceSyntax #Architecture #Urbanism #BillHillier #archidon

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Book Launch – Space Syntax: Selected Papers by Bill Hillier. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us online for the launch of Space Syntax: Selected Papers by Bill Hillier, a landmark volume celebrating 50 years of space syntax research. This long-awaited collection reflects Bill Hillier’s transformational way of thinking about buildings and cities that influenced generations of scholars, researchers and practitioners within the built environment disciplines and way beyond – in fields ranging from archaeology and biology to physics and zoology. Edited by Laura Vaughan, John Peponis, and Ruth Conroy Dalton, and published by UCL Press, the book offers unparalleled access to the origins and development of the discipline of space syntax, with influential works ranging from papers on architecture as a professional and research discipline, through to later articles that present a theory of the spatial structure of the city and its social functions. By bringing together writing from across Bill Hillier’s career span of half a century, with specially commissioned introductions by a wide range of international experts in the field, we can contextualise and show the evolution of his key ideas. All three editors will be present, offering insights into the editing process and the enduring impact of Hillier’s work. The event will also feature a panel discussion with Ricky Burdett, Michal Gath-Morad, Vinicius M. Netto, and Kerstin Sailer, moderated by Kimon Krenz. The discussion will reflect on Hillier’s legacy and explore future directions for the field of space syntax. The book will be available to download or purchase from 30.04.2025 via the following link: https://uclpress.co.uk/book/space-syntax/ The information provided is used to gather statistical insights (bit.ly/ucl_gdpr), and–if opted-in–to register you to our newsletter using the Brevo platform (bit.ly/brevo_gdpr).

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A short blog post by Laura Vaughan describes the new book 'Space Syntax - Selected papers by Bill Hillier' as an attempt to make the groundbreaking work of Hillier putting architecture on a scientific basis more accessible

https://urbanformation.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/space-syntax-selected-papers-by-bill-hillier-publication-day/

#SpaceSyntax #Architecture #Archidon

Space Syntax: Selected papers by Bill Hillier — publication day

The original research programme of Space Syntax was established in the 1970s at The Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, UCL by a team led by Bill Hillier. This selection of twenty of Hill…

Mapping Urban Form and Society

It's publication day for 'Space Syntax - Selected papers by Bill Hillier', edited by my wonderful Bartlett School of Architecture colleague Laura Vaughan with John Peponis and Ruth Conroy Dalton.

The book brings together Hillier's groundbreaking work spanning half a century with current commentaries by international researchers

It is available #openAccess by
@uclpress.bsky.social

https://uclpress.co.uk/book/space-syntax/

#SpaceSyntax #Archidon #Architecture

Space Syntax

Professor Bill Hillier spent most of his career at The Bartlett, University College London, where he founded and developed, with a team of colleagues, an original research programme that set the study of architecture on a firm scientific basis. His transformational way of thinking about buildings and cities influenced generations of scholars, researchers and practitioners […]

UCL Press

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The book on "Parliament Buildings" includes a short chapter written by me on "Degrees of opposition and cooperation: how seating plans and parliament layouts reflect and give rise to political cultures"

In this, I compare visibility relations in the House of Commons and the German Bundestag, and analyse who sits next to whom in the plenary of the European Parliament in Brussels and how that shapes solidarities and political cultures

#SpaceSyntax #architecture #archidon #parliament

More on #parliament #buildings and the #architecture of power in this book edited by Sophia Psarra, Uta Staiger and Claudia Sternberg

Available for free to download from #UCL #UCLPress #OpenAccess

https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/223070

#archidon #SpaceSyntax

Parliament Buildings

Fascinating blog post by my #BartlettSchoolOfArchitecture colleague Prof Sophia Psarra on the configuration of the House of Commons and how Labour's supermajority might change the dynamics of the opposing benches political culture

http://con-figurations.com/2024/07/07/how-will-they-sit-architecture-and-politics-in-the-uk-commons-chamber-elections-2024-special-blog/

#archidon #SpaceSyntax #Architecture #parliament @politicalscience

How Will They Sit? Architecture and Politics in the UK Commons Chamber – Elections 2024 Special Blog

Can you fit a supermajority into a space designed for confrontational politics on opposing benches and maintain the political culture? According to the former Labour leader, Neil Kinnock, the extra…

Con-figurations

Looking forward to delivering tomorrow's keynote at the #SpaceSyntax Symposium#sss14cy alongside sociologist Dr Daryl Martin

I will be presenting ideas on 'Learning from sociology: Diversifying what we mean by space usage behaviours in space syntax'

#SociologyOfArchitecture #sociology #archidon @sociology

And I'll be giving a keynote (remotely) at the #SpaceSyntax Symposium #sss14cy myself together with sociologist Daryl Martin on 'Architecture meets Sociology – re-imagining users from two disciplinary perspectives'

https://cyprusconferences.org/14sss/plenary/#3

#archidon #SociologyOfArchitecture #sociology #architecture

Another current PhD student, Xiaoming Li is presenting his work on social interfaces in elderly care homes in China

His paper:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZRi2plAFISswOTldtGi-e8T-fUOAQxs-/view

#sss14cy #SpaceSyntax #archidon #SociologyOfArchitecture #sociology

sss142024_final_paper_42 (1).pdf

Google Docs

On Monday, the 14th #SpaceSyntax Symposium kicks off in Cyprus with an amazing programme full of interesting research on space, #architecture and society.

Here's the Tuesday programme:
https://cyprusconferences.org/14sss/program-tuesday/

All papers are clickable and lead to the full text PDF, so lots to explore there (even if you can't go)

@sociology #UrbanSociology #SociologyOfArchitecture #archidon #sss14cy

More details in thread below 👇🏻