Spatial Configuration as a Method to Measure the Actual and Potential Ability of Spaces Used by Indoor and Outdoor Users

Abstract

Paying attention to native architecture and at the same time new approaches to its reading has always been one of the topics of interest in architecture. A better understanding of the native architecture of each region leads to better design and greater adaptability of the design to its context. Therefore, in this research, we have investigated and analyzed the native housing of Iran with a case study of Yazd to design a residential complex with the indicators of native houses in the past. Due to the ever-increasing growth of technology and the evolution of attitudes toward understanding architecture, the method of reading native architecture in this research is a relatively new technique called spatial syntax and spatial configuration. In this study, a mixed research method was used. In this way, descriptive and analytical methods have been used to understand the reading of data and finally, logical reasoning has been used to provide design solutions. Different tools have been used to achieve the goal, such as library search and specialized software, and collecting questionnaires and analytical information are some of the things that have been used in this research. This research is based on the information collected with two main methods, quantitative and qualitative, from the basis of the plan of collecting readings of native architecture using new techniques and attitudes of architecture such as the theory of space syntax. Identification of socio-cultural indicators, such as
workforce, culture and jobs of the future, the future of cyber security and related careers, care economy, opportunities and jobs, the future of digital currencies and related businesses, future cities, a
platform for the emergence of future jobs, the role and place of higher education in the future of jobs
and future jobs, etc. was done.