Dr Chrystala Psathiti is a researcher and practitioner exploring the relationship between architecture and human behaviour. She is currently a Lecturer in Architectural Design & Theory at Neapolis University Paphos and the founder of Splace Architecture. Trained as an architect, she holds a Diploma in Architecture from the University of Cyprus, an MSc in Spatial Design: Architecture & Cities from the Bartlett, UCL London and a PhD from the University of Cyprus.
A special shout-out to the amazing seminar by my former PhD student and collaborator Dr @ChrystalaPsathiti on school buildings in Cyprus and how their spatial design relates to teacher control, feelings of belonging and community, and adolescent perceptions
Available to view here: https://youtu.be/co7b4Bq0BN8?si=TqZMtiot6yAnIqpv
New paper alert! @ChrystalaPsathiti and I argue in our paper in the Journal of Architecture published today that adolescents' positive perceptions of school depend (among other things) on the school layout and levels of visibility from the classroom, which enables a greater sense of belonging to the school community
Full paper here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13602365.2024.2302090
#Architecture #ArchitecturalResearch #schoolBuildings #School #perception #adolescents @sociology #SpaceSyntax
Join us for the last #SpaceSyntax Lab seminar this term, hosted by the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
@ChrystalaPsathiti will present her work on secondary schools in Cyprus
14 March, 4pm GMT, online on zoom, all welcome.
More information and to register:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/events/2024/feb/space-syntax-lab-seminars-autumn-2023-spring-2024
New publication, led by my brilliant co-author Michal Gath-Morad on the role of strategic visibility for wayfinding behaviour in multi-level buildings, published in Nature Scientific Reports
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53420-6
#architecture #wayfinding #building #cognitivescience #visibility @cognition
Plenary No.4: "Architecture meets Sociology – re-imagining users from two disciplinary perspectives" at the 14th Space Syntax Symposium
@kerstinsailer will diversify what we mean by space usage behaviours in space syntax, while Dr Daryl Martin's talk will emphasize on how sociologists could learn from Architects.
#SpaceSyntaxSymposium #ArchitectureMeetsSociology #InterdisciplinaryResearch #plenary
14th International Space Syntax Symposium Keynote Speakers for Plenary 2: Lars Marcus and Örjan Sjöberg!
The focus of this plenary is the spatial analysis of urban land, from the point of view of theory and not least practice.
#spacesyntax #14thspacesyntaxsymposium #sss14cy #spacesyntaxconference #plenaries
The doctoral work of @ChrystalaPsathiti entitled 'Assessing educational environments : a temporal socio-spatial approach to lower secondary school buildings in Cyprus' is available here:
https://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/65511
#SpaceSyntax #LearningSpaces #SchoolBuilding #schools #architecture #ArchitectureResearch
Alongside my brilliant collaborators @ChrystalaPsathiti and Zaky Fouad, we presented our research on 'School Buildings: Scrutinising Spatial Layouts to Shape Teaching and Learning' to an audience of almost 300 educators by invitation of the International Academy of Sciences in Kazahkstan.
The recording of the session (2 hrs) is now online:
https://youtu.be/X4X8czG-vNI?si=9ViQxx4oGAG1fqUP
@sociology @spacesyntax #SpaceSyntax #LearningSpaces #SchoolBuilding
It was a very proud moment to present alongside two of my 'doctoral children' (how do you call your graduates? In German we call supervisors 'Doctoral mother / father' so I tend to think of my graduates as 'intellectual children').
It was such a pleasure to see @ChrystalaPsathiti and Zaky Fouad shine! 💪 🦸♀️ 🦸 ✨
#academicchatter
Teaser!!! 1st SSS14 Keynote Speech Titled: The spatial syntax of health: on the dynamic interplay between people, environment, and policy by Prof. @urban_formation and Prof. Rosie McEachan
#spacesyntax #14thspacesyntaxsymposium #sss14cy #spacesyntaxconference #plenaries
Thrilled to unveil the next terms of the Space Syntax Lab Seminars 23–24. Our 11 talks cover diverse topics, such as #Permeability, #SpaceSyntax, #UrbanImagery models, #HumanBehaviour, #Buildings, #Housing, & #Segregation.
Register for each: https://bit.ly/SSLSeminars_23-24
#SSLSeminars @spacesyntax
The abstract submission deadline for the 14th Space Syntax Symposium in Cyprus is now extended to October 2, 2023.
Submit Your Abstracts for Papers: https://cyprusconferences.org/14sss/submission-of-paper/
Submit Your Abstracts for Half-Day or Full-Day Workshops: https://cyprusconferences.org/.../submission-for-workshops/
@spacesyntax
@kerstinsailer @urban_formation @kimonkrenz @pklampros
#architecture #SpatialLayout #urbanMorphology #urbanForm #urbanPlanning #urbanSociology #SpaceSyntax #sss14cy
The 14th #spaceSyntax Symposium #sss14cy well be held in Cyprus (and hybrid), 24-27 June 2024. Abstracts are due in September 2023.
A fully online PhD conference is held in addition in June this year. Abstracts due March 27th.
More info: https://cyprusconferences.org/14sss/
@spacesyntax #architecture #SpatialLayout #urbanMorphology #urbanForm #urbanPlanning #phdChat #urbanSociology #histodon
The abstract submission deadline for the upcoming space syntax symposium in Cyprus is September 11th! Don't miss it!
