| Title |
A Study on the Spatial Structure of Space Syntax in Frank Gehry’s Museum Architecture |
| Keywords |
Space Syntax ; Spatial Structure ; Museum ; Circulation |
| Abstract |
The goal of this research is to find the difference between F. Gehry's museum architecture’s extremely abstract and chaotic space composition and that of other architect’s. Gehry's four museum architectures built from late 1980s to 2000 were selected for analysis. Four more museums, built in the same era with the size of that (atypical) museums, were selected for comparative studies. Space Syntax, a quantitative analysis method for spatial configuration, is used to find the characteristics of internal spaces. The Result shows that Gehry's museum architectures’ connectivity is 0.375 times bigger and integration is 0.731 times smaller than the compared museums. High connectivity suggests that their visitors could take diverse routes. Low integration implies that their routes are less efficient than the compared museums overall. Their intelligibility is slightly higher than the other museums. This means their visitors have comparatively high understanding of the internal space. |