Community & Privacy An investigation of two design models of housing in UK and USA by syntactic analysis

This paper examines two cases of housing, which are the most influential design manuals in UK and USA in the post war period. Both of them were based on the intention of creating a good life for ordinary people; both were attempting to give architectural expression to everyday family life patterns. However, by space syntax investigation, the authors find that the solutions given by them are quite different and even opposite to each other. The two plans differ from each other in terms of the layout logic of sequence from public to privacy, the interfaces among family members and visitors, and community life style in housing respectively. This paper proposes that it is the difference of domestic life pattern value in UK and in USA embedded in the plans lead to the contrast of their spatial attributes.