title: Space syntax in healthcare facilities research: a review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Corresponding Author: Saif Haq, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, 1800 Flint Ave., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2091 (saif.haq@ttu.edu).
authors.forename: Saif
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haq
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006268:Health Facilities; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research