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Isovists.org is a platform for advanced spatial analysis. It hosts downloads of the Isovist software; an integrated, high definition, intuitive tool for spatial research that is based upon isovist scanning of architectural drawings. Isovists.org also provides a guide to the use of the analysis software, definitions of the various forms of spatial analysis measures that it facilitates, and a growing archive of building case studies. The isovist software is free and available for Mac and PC.
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Guest Blogs & Case Studies

Below are a series of guest blogs and case studies, written by researchers and students who are using the isovist software. We hope they offer useful insights and inspirations. If you have work which you would like us to feature, please contact us and let us know.
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Grid-free Integration
Below is the edited text and slides of a lecture Sam gave to the UCL Space Syntax Laboratory Research Seminar on 25th February 2021. Titled 'Integration without the grid; An isovist based approach to spatial analysis’ it reflected on the…
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Hearth ‘Centrality’
This blog is written by Jack Harding, a former UCA student, who wrote his Third Year undergraduate thesis in part using the isovist software. I always find the opening sentence a bit awkward, but never mind, it’s done now! I’m…
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Exploring Salmona
Our next guest is Greg Maya, who Sam has been talking to about all things isovist for some time. In 2019 he was awarded British Council Fellowship to explore the works of Rogelio Salmona in Colombia. Here he tells us about…
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Hemingway’s Paris
February 2020’s entry is by Alice Bates, who wrote her UCA Undergraduate thesis on Hemingway’s Paris and Kerouac’s New York..... Hello, I’m Alice. I started my Architecture BA at the University for the Creative Arts in 2016 and graduated in…
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On indoor navigation
Our first guest blog is by Laure De Cock, who Sam met at the 12th International Space Syntax Symposium in Beijing in 2019. She has kindly agreed to tell us about her work on internal way finding and navigation; so…
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Does it correlate?
A common question that people ask is ‘does the analysis from the Isovist_App correlate with or match to the same kinds of analysis that DepthMapX produces?’. The following case study takes a quick look at that, providing direct comparisons between…
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A growing collection of guest blogs and building case studies

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Sam McElhinney
Sam McElhinney

UCA Canterbury School of Architecture

Michael Benedikt
Michael Benedikt

University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture

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