Bill Hillier

Biography

Bill Hillier is Professor of Architectural and Urban Morphology in the University of London, Chairman of the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies and Director of the Space Syntax Laboratory in University College London. He holds a DSc (higher doctorate) in the University of London.

As the original pioneer of the methods for the analysis of spatial patterns known as ‘space syntax’, he is the author of The Social Logic of Space (Cambridge University Press, 1984, 1990) which presents a general theory of how people relate to space in built environments, ‘Space is the Machine’ (CUP 1996), which reports a substantial body of research built on that theory, and a large number of articles concerned with different aspects of space and how it works. He has also written extensively on other aspects of the theory of architecture. Present Appointments: Professor of Architectural and Urban Morphology in the University of London, Chairman, Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London, Director, Space Syntax Laboratory, UCL, Director, Space Syntax Ltd.

Related Work

• Space is the Machine
• Space Syntax (analysis of Spatial Patterns)
• Space Syntax Laboratory
• The Social Logic of Space