EXPLORING SPATIAL SYNTAX IN BUCHAREST CITY

Alexandru GAVRIS

ABSTRACT: Bucharest development after the 1990 was brutal with new buildings trying to cover or replace the past. That is why the morphological evolution of the city wasn’t too much modified. Though research on urban morphologies in Bucharest exists, they aren’t connected to the renewal and development policies. The result is a complicated tissue and pseudo-functional political framework. In this context, new techniques may reveal some of the connections between the urban space and the population characteristics. The study is focusing on the spatial syntax in Bucharest for identifying those areas strongly affected by the communist intervention or by the neglected policies after the '90s. They are further analyzed when ESDA methodology is applied. Morphological transformations can be observed better and their spatial connectivity offer better insight for future solutions of urban development.

Keywords: Bucharest, spatial syntax, ESDA methodology, Morphological transformations.

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