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Space is the machineBill Hillier
 
Since
The social logic of space
waspublishedin1984,BillHillierandhiscolleaguesatUniversityCollegeLondonhavebeenconductingresearchonhowspacefeaturesintheformandfunctioningofbuildingsandcities.Akeyoutcomeistheconceptof‘spatialconguration’—meaningrelationswhichtakeaccountofotherrelationsinacomplex.Newtechniqueshavebeendevelopedandappliedtoawiderangeofarchitecturalandurbanproblems.Theaimofthisbookistoassemblesomeofthisworkandshowhowitleadsthewaytoanewtypeoftheoryofarchitecture:an‘analytic’theoryinwhichunderstandinganddesignadvancetogether.Thesuccessofcongurationalideasinbringingtolightthespatiallogicofbuildingsandcitiessuggeststhatitmightbepossibletoextendtheseideastootherareasofthehumanscienceswhereproblemsofcongurationandpatternarecritical.
 
Space is the machineBill Hillier
A congurational theoryof architecture
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