Analyzing the Relationship between Spatial Structure and Legibility in Administrative Buildings using Space Syntax Method; Case Study: Administrative Buildings of the Fourth post-Iranian Revolution Decade

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1 M.A. of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Jundi-Shapur-University of Technology, Dezful, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Development, Jundi-Shapur University of Dezful, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

In each era, the Iranian architecture has provided a specific construction style and method. The Iranian architecture underwent some changes and transformations after the Iranian Revolution. Legibility is an important element in architectural spaces, and plays an effective role in the efficiency and quality of administrative spaces due to the public referral to these buildings. Since architectural books have investigated the contemporary Iranian architecture and the buildings constructed in Iran before 2009, and recently, numerous notable buildings have been built, current study aims to investigate the spatial structure of the administrative buildings designed by the young and modernist architects of the last decade (2010-2020). The main research question is “what are the structural features considered for the legibility of administrative spaces designed by the modernist architects of the fourth post-revolution decade?” Spatial structure is analyzed using the space syntax method in Depthmap and AGRAPH software. This method is used to interpret the relationship between the connectivity and integration in the plans. The results of data analysis indicate that legibility is significantly correlated with visibility, the natural movement of space users, space depth, and integration. It seems that modernist architects have more used three types of spatial structures including radial, centralized, and grid spatial structures with highest legibility in spaces designed with the radial structure. In this type of design, the creation of deep space is minimized and subsequently, visibility,  the movement of space users, and space integration are increased. Generally, this structure has paid enough attention to the legibility of the administrative space to meet the architectural needs.

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  • Receive Date: 04 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 28 June 2021
  • Accept Date: 07 August 2021

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