{{short description|Architectural firm}} {{Multiple issues|{{Notability|Companies|date=July 2019}} {{COI|date=July 2019}}}} {{Infobox architectural practice |name=Space Syntax Limited |image= |caption= |architects= |partners=Tim Stonor, Prof Alan Penn, Dr Kayvan Karimi, Anna Rose, Max Martinez, Ed Parham, Yolanda Barnes |city=London |founded=1989 |significant_buildings= |awards= }}
'''Space Syntax Limited''' is a UK architectural and urban planning practice founded at The Bartlett, University College London in 1989. It operates worldwide.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/01/space-syntax-china/|title=There's a Science to Foot Traffic, and It Can Help Us Design Better Cities|last=Stockton|first=Nick|date=2014-01-27|magazine=Wired|access-date=2019-04-10|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> The company has pioneered a science-based and human-focused approach to the planning and design of buildings and urban places, with notable projects including the redesign of Trafalgar Square with Foster and Partners, the analysis of the London Riots,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/15/reality-check-estates-riots|title=Reality check: were estates to blame for the riots?|last=Curtis|first=Polly|date=2011-09-15|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/intense-relationships-measuring-urban-intensity/10030550.article|title=Intense relationships: measuring urban intensity|last=Stonor|first=Tim|website=Architectural Review|date=30 April 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> the Foresight, Future of Cities project for the UK Government Office for Science<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://employeeownership.co.uk/news/eo-today-member-spotlight-space-syntax/|title=EO Today Member Spotlight: Space Syntax|date=2016-01-28|website=Employee Ownership Association|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> and the Pedestrian Movement Model for the City of London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/opinion/hampson-city-needs-architects-to-solve-space-conundrum/10004032.article|title=Hampson: 'City needs architects to solve space conundrum'|last=Marrs|first=Colin|website=Architects Journal|date=14 March 2016 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>
== Mission == The company’s mission is to apply, develop and disseminate the Space Syntax approach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacesyntax.com/|title=Space Syntax {{!}} Thriving life in buildings & urban places|website=spacesyntax.com|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> This approach uses predominantly digital technologies to study human behaviour patterns and to predict them in future plans.
== Employee Ownership == In 2015, the company restructured itself as an employee-owned organisation with employees owning 75% of the business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://employeeownership.co.uk/news/eo-today-member-spotlight-space-syntax/|title=EO Today Member Spotlight: Space Syntax|date=2016-01-28|website=Employee Ownership Association|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref>
== Open source and open access == Space Syntax adopts an open source approach to its software development<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/spacesyntax|title=Space Syntax Limited|website=GitHub|language=en|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> and an open access approach to its datasets. In 2018, it launched its OpenMapping project with a spatial network model of Great Britain.
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.spacesyntax.com}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Space Syntax Limited}} Category:Architecture firms based in London Category:1989 establishments in England