Spatial Signatures in Great Britain

Open source classification of space
https://urbangrammarai.xyz
Martin Fleischmann
Dani Arribas-Bel
[@martinfleis]
[@darribas]

How we arrange “stuff” in cities matters…

Source: A map of every building in America (New York Times)

… it matters a lot

Form

What does it look like?
“Physical structure and appearance of cities”

Function

What is it used for?
“Activities that take place within an environment”

Spatial Signatures

A characterisation of space based on form and function designed to understand urban environments

A characterisation of space based on form and function designed to understand urban environments

A characterisation of space based on form and function designed to understand urban environments

A characterisation of space based on form and function designed to understand urban environments

Characters

Form
  • Dimension
  • Shape
  • Intensity
  • Connectivity
  • Diversity
Function
  • Population
  • Employment
  • Industry
  • Land use/cover
  • Amenity access
N ≈ 300

Spatial Signatures of Great Britain

The map

https://urbangrammarai.xyz/great-britain

The data


Spatial Signatures in Great Britain

Open source classification of space
https://urbangrammarai.xyz
Martin Fleischmann
Dani Arribas-Bel
[@martinfleis]
[@darribas]