Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2014, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (10): 131-137.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-565X.2014.10.021

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Simulation of Pedestrian Flow Distribution in Commercial Space Based on Space Syntax

Guo Hao-xu  Li Yan  Deng Meng-ren  Zhao Fei-xiang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Building Science// School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2014-05-06 Revised:2014-06-05 Online:2014-10-25 Published:2014-10-01
  • Contact: 郭昊栩（1972-），男，博士，高级工程师，主要从事建筑设计及理论、建筑环境与人类行为及感觉等研究. E-mail:hushkwok@126.com
  • About author:郭昊栩（1972-），男，博士，高级工程师，主要从事建筑设计及理论、建筑环境与人类行为及感觉等研究.
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金资助项目（51278193）；亚热带建筑科学国家重点实验室开放课题（2013kb18）；中国博士后基金资助项目（2012m521602）；中国博士后基金特别资助项目（2013T60805）；华南理工大学中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目（2014zz0021）

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Abstract:

The balance of the commercial flow distribution is known as the key link in the design of commercial buildings, and the commercial flow distribution is predicted based on the previous experience of some experts, which inevitably proves  to be become subjective or obsolete to some extent. The development of space syntax helps to obtain a more accurate predication of pedestrian flow distribution. This paper takes two typical shopping malls in Guangzhou as prototypes to conduct simulations in different spatial organization patterns by using the Depthmap and SPSS softwares. The results indicate that (1) under the condition of the balanced distributions of entrance and vertical transportation, the method combining integration with tenants can be used to predict the pedestrian flow distribution more effectively; (2) the space form of concise organization and relative symmetry helps to realize a balanced pedestrian flow distribution; and (3) when the C spatial organization is poor, reasonable tenants combination helps to improve sharing to a certain degree.

Key words: commercial space, spatial organization, tenant combination, space syntax, pedestrian flow