space syntax laboratory the bartlett, ucl space syntax analysis for public pervasive systems irene...

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space syntax analysis for

public pervasive systemsirene lopez de vallejo, ava fatah, alan penn

3rd uk-ubinet workshopsession b: ubiquitous computing,

urban design and architecture

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built environment and ubicomp

invisible

embedded

everywhere

disappearing

concept of space integral to the

development and deployment of ubicomp

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built environment and ubicomp

• requires a new way of thinking about the design and use of ubicomp systems

• urban areas greatest opportunities

and strongest needs

• no fundamental theory, methods for designing pervasive systems as integral

elements of the urban landscape

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space syntax, cities and ubicomp

• cities and buildings are never simply the inert background of our material

existence• urban areas are independent entities

with a life of their own• built environment reproduces social

relations and structures or generates new social relationships and structures

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space syntax analysis

research objectives• to develop a methodology, design principles

and techniques for designing city-scale pervasive systems as integral facets of urban

design• to address the challenges presented by the

implementation, deployment, use and evaluation of pervasive systems (long-term,

city-scale)

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specific research objectives• to understand the nature of the city and of its

relationship with society• to understand the role of urban heritage in the

construction of society and social structures • to understand the complex relationship between

pervasive technologies, urban space and society• to investigate the impact of the deployment on heritage and on local people’s and visitors’ use

of and relationship with space

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space syntax analysis

to understand the nature of the city

and of its relationship with

society• empirical

observations

Passenger Flows - Observation study of existing passenger activity, Victoria Station, London

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space syntax analysis

to understand the nature of the city

and of its relationship with

society• social mapping

• pervasive technologies

mapping

Bath, City centre

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space syntax analysis

to understand the nature of the city

and of its relationship with

society• spatial analysis

• agent simulations

'Spatial integration' analysis of urban context

Visual field analysis

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the role of urban heritage in the construction of

society and social structures

• social construction of

heritage• social experience

of the City Bath, City centre

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space syntax analysis

to understand relationship

between pervasive technologies,

urban space and society

• art installations

http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/

http://urbantapestries.net/

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space syntax analysis

to investigate the impact of the

deployment on heritage and on

local people’s and visitors’ use of

and relationship with space

• revisiting initial research

Current Pedestrian Activity in Trafalgar Square, from observation study.(red dots – stationary pedestrians;blue lines – walking)

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conclusions

• multidisciplinary approach• provide a better understanding of the built

environment– interface for social relations and ubicomp

technologies– configurations of spaces, technologies and

people• design ubicomp systems as integral

parts of the urban landscape

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thank you