VISUAL ACCESSIBILITY AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT: A STUDY OF THE COMPACT SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG
The Hong Kong model of urban development is characterized by compact built form with extreme high-density and mixed land use. In the large urban complexes the multilevel spatial structure leads to various types of movement spaces like atrium, corridor, podium, walkways, footbridges, sub-ways and squares. This variety of spatial expressions induces varied patterns of movement that in turn have implications for quality of urban living. Using a special technique called Visibility Graph Analysis (VGA) this study investigates the visual field dimension in the multilevel spatial environment of Hong Kong. The aim is to understand relationship between the visual and actual accessibility of such complex system and pedestrian movement. Preliminary findings of the study show that the visual dimension seems to have significant correlation with observed patterns of movement. The study suggests that the visual accessibility of spaces in a multilevel structure may prove to be an equally important quality for pedestrian movement in a highly complex built environment as the actual accessibility.
AFROZA PARVIN ARLEN YE MIN JIA BEISI
Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
国际会议
广州
英文
258-265
2006-12-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）