Proceedings of the Ninth International Space Syntax Symposium Edited by Y O Kim, H T Park and K W Seo, Seoul: Sejong University, 2013 THE SPATIAL LOGIC OF STREET MARKETS: AN ANALYSIS OF SANTIAGO, CHILE  Rodrigo Mora Universidad Diego Portales e-mail : rodrigo.mora@udp.cl Francisco Bosch Universidad Diego Portales e-mail : fbosch@ingenova.cl Carlos Rothmann Universidad Diego Portales e-mail : carlos1753@gmail.com Margarita Greene Pontificia Universidad Catolica e-mail : mgreenez@uc.cl Abstract Despite the fact that the 331 street markets in Santiago are responsible for almost 75% of fruit and vegetable, 50% of egg, and 50% of seafood and fish consumed by the urban population, there has been very little research on the way in which street fairs are located within urban space. This paper studies the municipal coverage and configurational characteristics of the 331 street markets in the city of Santiago, taking a sample of about 600 meters (roughly 10 minutes walking distance) of each market, and using a street axis map of where they are located as a base. The results show that, of the total area of the city, street markets cover 58% of the urban fabric. Together with this, it was discovered that street markets tend to be located along the axes of configurationally relevant streets. Keywords: street markets, segment analysis, walking reach, Santiago, configurational analysis Theme: Urban Space and Social, Economic and Cultural Phenomena