Research tools for design : : spatial layout and patterns of users' behaviour - Proceedings of Seminar, 28-29 January 2010, Department of Architectural Technology and Design P. Spadolini, University of Florence / / Nicoletta Setola.

• Superior document: Proceedings e report ; 76
• VerfasserIn: Setola, Nicoletta,
• Place / Publishing House: Firenze : : Firenze University Press,, 2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: Italian
• Series: Proceedings e report ; 76.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (104 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

The publication proposes a critical reading of the results emerging from the Seminar organised in January 2010 by the Department of Architectural and Design Technology on research tools for the architectural project. The spatial layout of buildings and urban spaces influences behaviour and the relations of the users, and in this displays the social nature of the architectural function in comparison to other spheres of design. Space Syntax (theory, methodology and techniques for the analysis of complex systems) takes this theory as the basis for its research. The seminar, attended by leading academic and professional figures, offered the opportunity for exchange between its own research and the experiences carried forward by the Space Syntax research and consultancy group.

Table of Contents

DESIGN RESEARCH AND THE SOCIAL NATURE OF ARCHITECTURE / Maria Chiara Torricelli -- PROGRAM -- SPEAKERS PRESENTATION -- FIRST DAY -- ARCHITECTURE AND THE SOCIAL / From a lecture by Alan Penn -- THE NEED FOR AN EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLKIT -- THE SPATIAL DNA OF HOSPITALS: EVIDENCE BASED PLANNING AND DESIGN / Maximo Martinez -- THE MARMOT REVIEW: EMERGING IMPLICATIONS FOR BUILT ENVIRONMENT PRACTITIONERS / Ilaria Geddes, Matilda Allen -- STUDENTS' HOUSING: FUNCTIONAL MODEL QUALITY / Adolfo Baratta -- ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATIVENESS / Antonio Laurìa -- DESIGN FOR EMERGENCY. TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE / Sabrina Borgianni, Virginia Serrani -- VI RESEARCH TOOLS FOR DESIGN -- AIRPORT TERMINAL DESIGN COMMUNICATION PROCESSES. THE TXP GROUP METHODOLOGY / Irene Macchi, Maria Antonietta Esposito -- HOSPITAL PROJECT AND BUILDING MONITORING. THE MONLAB EXPERIENCE / Nicoletta Setola, Francesca Reale -- SECOND DAY SANTA MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL: THE PUBLIC SPACES SYSTEM / Nicoletta Setola -- SEEDS OF A DISCUSSION / Marco Geddes da Filicaia, Francesco Napolitano, Roberto Lapi, Vincenzo Vaccaro talking with Alan Penn, Maximo Martinez, Maria Chiara Torricelli Nicoletta Setola.