Urban Transformation Process of Soho from 1889 to 2004 - A Discussion of the Form and Function Relationship

Abstract:

Due to the advance of computer science, we now have more powerful tools to digitize and analyze the complex system of urban form, which was difficult for describing and exploring previously. Space syntax theory and method is one of these tools which can help to clarify the social logic of space quantitatively. By this tool, this study examined the urban transformation process of the London area of Soho in the last 100 years, aiming at articulating the intriguing form and function relationship. This study proposed that although the spatial change and social change are in different speed, their changing process still intertwined and interacted with each other.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 368-373)
• Pages: 3732-3736
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.368-373.3732
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Xiao Ling Dai, Hua Li Zhang
• Keywords: Form and Function, Soho in London, Space Syntax, Urban Transformation

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