Understanding human movement, co-presence and encounters in relation to the spatial structure of workplaces

Space syntax as a theory aims to identify the link between spatial configuration and human behaviour, and, more specifically, examine how different parameters of the built environment affect different sets of behaviours such as movement and unplanned encounters. At its core, space syntax primarily employs spatial networks allowing for the study of local effects such as co-visibility and co-presence, but also building-wide effects, such as its overall level of depth and the overall distance to the entrance and other facilities.