Bill Hillier

Details

Nationality

British

Classifications

Holder

Individual

Source of authority

ObservationReason

Subject

Human centred

Degree of codification

Highly codified

Mode of transmission

Text drawingDigital model

Knowledge type

Propositional

Epistemic cluster

Western philosophical

Notes

Founder of space syntax at the Bartlett, UCL (Unit for Architectural Studies, 1972); co-author with Julienne Hanson of The Social Logic of Space (1984).

Connections

• proposed Space Syntax
• authored The Social Logic of Space
• associated with Space Syntax Laboratory (UCL Bartlett)
• founded Space Syntax Laboratory (UCL Bartlett)
• authored Space Is the Machine
• collaborated with Julienne Hanson

Sources

1. Hillier, Bill and Hanson, Julienne. The Social Logic of Space. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
2. Hillier, Bill. Space Is the Machine. Cambridge University Press, 1996.