Hillier B., Hanson J. The social logic of space

Cambridge University Press, 1989. — 282 p. — ISBN: 9780521367844.Based on a new way of describing and analyzing the kinds of spatial patterns produced by buildings and towns, this study presents a new theory of space: how and why it is a vital component of how societies work. The authors examine what it is about different types of societies that leads them to adopt different spatial forms and from this general theory they outline a "pathology of modern urbanism" in today's social context.The problem of space
The logic of space
The analysis of settlement layouts
Buildings and their genotypes
The elementary building and its transformations
The spatial logic of arrangements
The spatial logic of encounters: a computer-aided thought experiment
Societies as spatial systems
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