Some questions about space syntax—a well-known technique of urban analysis developed over the past decades by Bill Hillier et al—were raised by Ratti in this journal. Hillier and Penn produced a detailed rejoinder, rebutting most of the criticisms and restating the assumptions made by the technique. However, their arguments, if accepted, lead to paradoxical consequences.
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