The Morphology of Public Open Spaces as Visual Opportunity Fields A space syntax approach based on Revelation and VGA maps customization with SalaScript

The Morphology of Public Open Spaces as Visual Opportunity Fields A space syntax approach based on Revelation and VGA maps customization with SalaScript

Lopes, João; Paio, Alexandra; Beirão, José Nuno

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This paper explores the visual dynamics of the morphology of public open spaces.Resorting to space syntax concepts, visual graph analysis (VGA), and theinnovative use of its standard tool Depthmap, a set of case studies is analysedunder the perspective of visual opportunity fields and building upon theestablished concept and metrics of Revelation. A series of related novel measuresand visualizations are developed, which are only possible, in Depthmapenvironment, by the advanced use of its scripting language: SalaScript. DespiteDepthmap being the standard tool among the space syntax community, there is alack of references to the explicit use of SalaScript. One major objective of thispaper is to illustrate, and document, its possibilities to a broad audience byextending, customizing and introducing a more interactive approach in handlingVGA maps. We present SalaScript functionalities and its use in the developmentof visual analysis scripts that allow the study of revelation, which we then applyto a set of real public open spaces case studies.

This paper explores the visual dynamics of the morphology of public open spaces.Resorting to space syntax concepts, visual graph analysis (VGA), and theinnovative use of its standard tool Depthmap, a set of case studies is analysedunder the perspective of visual opportunity fields and building upon theestablished concept and metrics of Revelation. A series of related novel measuresand visualizations are developed, which are only possible, in Depthmapenvironment, by the advanced use of its scripting language: SalaScript. DespiteDepthmap being the standard tool among the space syntax community, there is alack of references to the explicit use of SalaScript. One major objective of thispaper is to illustrate, and document, its possibilities to a broad audience byextending, customizing and introducing a more interactive approach in handlingVGA maps. We present SalaScript functionalities and its use in the developmentof visual analysis scripts that allow the study of revelation, which we then applyto a set of real public open spaces case studies.

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DOI: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_159

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Lopes, João; Paio, Alexandra; Beirão, José Nuno; "The Morphology of Public Open Spaces as Visual Opportunity Fields A space syntax approach based on Revelation and VGA maps customization with SalaScript", p-277-286. In: Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, “Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution”, Porto 2019, Sousa, José Pedro; Henriques, Gonçalo Castro; Xavier, João Pedro (eds.). São Paulo: Blucher, 2019.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_159