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  2. Morphology (architecture and engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Advances in the study of Architectural (formal) morphology have the potential to influence or foster new fields of study in the realms of the arts, cognitive science, psychology, behavioral science, neurology, mapping, linguistics, and other as yet unknown cultural spatial practices or studies based upon social and environmental knowledge games ...

  3. Urban morphology - Wikipedia

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    Development of the road networks an urban structure of Cologne, Germany, 1845 to 1987. Urban morphology is the study of the formation of human settlements and the process of their formation and transformation. [1]

  4. Spatiality (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Spatiality is a term used in architecture for characteristics that, looked at from a certain aspect, define the quality of a space. [1] In comparison to the term spaciousness, which includes formal, dimensional determination of size—depth, width or height—spatiality is a higher category term.

  5. Space syntax - Wikipedia

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    Space syntax has also been applied to predict the correlation between spatial layouts and social effects such as crime, traffic flow, and sales per unit area. [citation needed] In general, the analysis uses one of many software programs that allow researchers to analyse graphs of one (or more) of the primary spatial components.

  6. Figure-ground diagram - Wikipedia

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    This shift is represented in the fragmentation of the figure ground's formerly dense poche, or the black figures in the diagram representative of built structure. [10] During the twenty-first century this increasingly fragmented urban condition has proven problematic and is being addressed by the New Urbanism movement's promotion of infill ...

  7. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    A settlement hierarchy is a way of arranging settlements into a hierarchy based upon their size. The term is used by landscape historians and in the National Curriculum [ 1 ] for England . The term is also used in the planning system for the UK and for some other countries such as Ireland, India, and Switzerland.

  8. Spatial design - Wikipedia

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    Spatial design is a relatively new conceptual design discipline that crosses the boundaries of traditional design specialisms such as architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, interior design, urban design and service design as well as certain areas of public art.

  9. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    The structure that tops a pyramid in monumental Mesoamerican architecture (also common as a decorative embellishment on the ridge of metal roofs of some domestic Gothic-style architecture in America in the 19th century). Rotunda A large and high circular hall or room in a building, usually but not always, surmounted by a dome.