Value offer
The Space Syntax approach adds value in three particular ways:
Revealing unseen opportunities and creating better ideas
This is the key strength of the Space Syntax approach. We have gained a reputation for generating the essential design features of many urban and building design projects.
The first step towards the identification of new opportunities is in the ‘diagnosis’ of existing situations. We have been able to uniquely illuminate a range of physical and spatial factors that strongly influence human activity and the social and economic value of places. Having knowledge of these factors allows us to quickly identify opportunities that would otherwise be invisible and then to produce ideas for capitalising on them.
Measuring and improving the likelihood of success
The Space Syntax approach is built on a set of evidence-based methods that forecast whether proposed policies, strategies, plans, and designs will work to create the social and economic benefits that they are expected to. Thus, we can give stakeholders and decision-makers reassurance when a design is developing in a favourable way, or we can alert them when it is in danger of going off track and they need to act. In the latter case, our approach helps to reduce or mitigate the risk of functional failure. In every case, the Space Syntax approach aims to boost ‘returns’ of many sorts: footfall in retail areas, safety in streets and buildings, increased interaction between people in buildings and, generally, the ‘buzz’ that is the goal of so many initiatives.
Facilitating communication on project teams and with stakeholders
Our methods allow us to speak a common, ‘spatial’ language that cuts across disciplinary boundaries and translates the objectives of planners, designers, transport engineers, economists, developers, investors and members of the public in such a way that they can be understood by all and organised into meaningful, practical frameworks for action. We understand the technical languages of non-design professionals and we help build bridges between consultants.