Visibility and Permeability Complementary Syntactical Attributes of Wayfinding (original) (raw)

spatial configuration; building morphology; permeability; wayfinding; visibility The paper investigated the process of spatial cognition through wayfinding taking into account the distinction between visibility and permeability relations. The study analyzed the Pinacoteca Art Museum in São Paulo by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, whose interior presents several visible but not permeable relations. Whereas permeability relations have been described using axial and convex maps, visual relations have been described using visibility graphs and overlapped isovists. Syntactical attributes of the spatial configuration have been measured, and a new correlation has been proposed. Different paths departing from the entrance have been and analyzed combining syntactical attributes and the visual information for the understanding of the configuration. The study has shown some evidence about the influence of visual information to the intelligibility of spatial configurations, suggesting the need for a met...