Proceedings of the 11 th Space Syntax Symposium 28.1 USING SPACE SYNTAX AS A TOOL FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN #28 USING SPACE SYNTAX AS A TOOL FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN MERVE SISMAN Istanbul Technical University mervetokgozsisman@gmail.com PELIN DURSUN ÇEBI Istanbul Technical University dursunpe@itu.edu.tr ABSTRACT Architectural design is a sophisticated process that advances from abstract thought to concrete desinǤ n this rocess, the desined roduct is shaed and iacted  the unique eeriences, oservations, ercetions and characteristics o the desiner, hile the desin or o the architects develos throuh the utiliation o various desin tools and the desinerǯs on architectural nolede, one that is ed ro a variet o discilines and ieldsǤ t is this scientiic nolede that directs the innate intuitions o the desinerǤ his ǮevidenceǦased desinǯǯ approach is thus an attempt to bring science based knowledge into design. his stud ocuses on the contriution o scientiic nolede in the architectural desin process and explores the potentials and advantages provided by using space syntax as a tool in this complex design process. The aim of this work is intended to serve as a decoding of the invisile characteristics o sace  ocusin on the coniurational theor o saceǤ o undertae this or, e estalished a threeǦstaed desin orsho as a eans  to evaluate the otentials o sace snta in the desin rocessǤ orsho articiants ȋive architects and one interior desinerȌ ere iven a desin role and this role as eained durin oneǦ to-one meetings with the participants. Workshop participants were asked to design a living sace or a seciic site and ith redeterined roortionsǤ he orsho as divided into three staesǤ n the irst stae the desiner as ased to consider soe issues related to lie in a residence and the desin o livin sacesǤ n the second stae, the desiner as ased to seci a set o hoe desin relationshis ithin a concetȀaction set, hich includes residenceǦased activities ȋlivin, cooin, etcǤȌ, saces ȋarden, alcon, etcǤȌ, easurale araeters ȋsound, liht, etcǤȌ, and concets ȋvisiilit, rivac, etcǤȌǤ he third stae o the orsho ocused on the saceǦain rocessǤ urin this stae, the desiners ere eected to create a livin sace that reƪected hisȀher desin concetsǤ At the coletion o these three staes, sntactic analses ere carried out on the desined sacesǤ n these analses, the satialit o the desinerǯs reerences as elored and the otentials o desined saces ere discussedǤ he indins o the stud shoed that sace snta succeeds in creatin a lin eteen science and design by transferring science-based knowledge into design process and produces graphical and atheatical data that the desiner can use in testin hisȀher desin roosalsǤ KEYWORDS Architectural desin rocess, desin tools, desin and science, sace snta