Corresponding Author: Saif Haq, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, 1800 Flint Ave., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2091 (
HERD. 2012 Summer;5(4):98-117. doi: 10.1177/193758671200500409.
Space Syntax is a theory and method that has been developing for the last 40 years. Originally conceived as a theory of "society and space," it has expanded to other areas. An important aspect of this is technical; it allows the quantification of layouts, and unit spaces within a layout, so that the environment itself can produce independent variables in quantitative research. Increasingly, it is being used to study healthcare facilities. Space Syntax has thereby become relevant to healthcare facilities researchers and designers. This paper attempts to explain Space Syntax to a new audience of healthcare designers, administrators, and researchers; it provides a literature review on the use of Space Syntax in healthcare facility research and suggests some possibilities for future application.
空间句法是一种理论和方法，已经发展了 40 多年。它最初被设想为一种“社会与空间”的理论，现已扩展到其他领域。其中一个重要方面是技术方面；它允许对布局和布局中的单元空间进行量化，从而使环境本身可以在定量研究中产生自变量。它越来越多地被用于研究医疗设施。因此，空间句法与医疗设施研究人员和设计者相关。本文试图向医疗保健设计人员、管理人员和研究人员的新受众解释空间句法；它对空间句法在医疗设施研究中的应用进行了文献回顾，并提出了一些未来应用的可能性。
