News
30.10.2003
Space Syntax wins Crime Reduction Award
Space Syntax’s work with The City of Gosnells in Western Australia has helped to win two Crime and Violence awards from the Australian Institute of Criminology. The City of Gosnells’ “Safe City” strategy was launched after a three-year study by Space Syntax into the relationship between housing layout and crime patterns, believed to be the largest urban crime study ever undertaken in the southern hemisphere.
01.10.2003
Planning in London, Trafalgar Square - Designing for the Pedestrian
By observing and modelling the way people moved within and around Trafalgar Square, evidence was marshalled in a novel and powerful way. Tim Stonor explains.
issue 47, pp.20-2
01.10.2003
Envelope, A Building Design Publication, Outlining the Masterplan for More London
More London's initial masterplan predated the City Hall, which later became the keystone of the project. Its major objectives include the creation of quality public space and pedestrian routes, capitalising on views and light, and provision of mixed uses. With the input of Space Syntax, the architectural outfit that specialises in a blend of architectural, transportation and environmental design, a major diagonal route from Tooley Street to Tower Bridge was defined.
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31.07.2003
Colchester Evening Gazette, Walk This Way! £120,000 Shoppers Study Cost
A £120,000 project to see how people walk around Colchester town centre has been commissioned by the borough council. Space Syntax's study will help develop a masterplan which will underpin the overhaul of the St Botolph's area.
pp.1 and 5
Colchester Evening Gazette, Its in the Way you Walk
Survey aims to help east meet west in masterplan: Most people think they decide by their own free will where they walk and shop. But that might be about to change in Colchester.
pp.22-3
25.07.2003
Regeneration and Renewal, Second Opinion: St Botolph's Quarter, Colchester
Each week we ask a regeneration practitioner or commentator to assess a recently published masterplan. This week Richard Hall reviews the masterplan for St. Botolph's Quarter in Colchester.
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10.07.2003
New Urban Futures, Pedestrianisation 'not always best solution' for town centres
The apparent success of the redesign of London’s Trafalgar Square to provide more space for people on foot appears to support the value of pedestrianisation. Across the country, new town centre masterplans propose driving out vehicles and dedicating the public realm to walking.
p.7
02.07.2003
The Redesign of Trafalgar Square
Space Syntax has been appointed by Transport for London to evaluate the effects of the redesign of Trafalgar Square on pedestrian activity patterns in the area.
02.07.2003
Masterplan for Colchester's St Botolphs Quarter
The St. Botolph's Masterplan sets out a vision for the development of new cultural, retail, residential and visitor facilities in Colchester. Twelve months after winning an invited competition for the project, a team of consultants led by Space Syntax has produced a design that establishes significant new developments whilst respecting the town's immense historic value.
01.04.2003
Australia's National Local Government Newspaper Online, Gosnells wins the fight against crime
The City of Gosnells in Western Australia has received two Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Certificates of Merit for its SafeCity Urban Design Strategy. The strategy was launched after a Space Syntax study by the University College of London and Murdoch University, which Council believes was the largest urban crime study ever undertaken in the southern hemisphere.
01.04.2003
Arkitekten, De planerar för det liv som levs
Arkitekterna Johan Johansson, Krister Lindstedt och Lars Marcus vill skapa spelplanen för det liv som människor verkligen lever. I sin programstudie för Gullmarsplan Globen och Slakthusområdet beskriver de sambandet mellan stadens form och användningen av marken.
pp. 36-41
21.03.2003
Urban Design Update, Is it Safe to let Urban Designers loose on Britain's Streets?
Tim Stonor explains the design rules that need to be understood to prevent new urban areas from decaying.
p.7
05.03.2003
Architecture Week, Pedestrian Simulation
Spatial network design applied to infrastructure planning models may sound like a complex concept. But this form of computer analysis of human behaviour in architectural spaces is such a simple idea that you may wonder why no one was using it sooner.
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