The Impact of Urban Transformation on Everyday Life

The opponent for the Seminar will be Prof. John Peponis, Gerogia Tech

For a copy of the manuscript, please contact Sara Sardari Sayyar directly sarass@kth.se

Bios
Sara Sardari Sayyar is a PhD candidate at the School of Architecture, KTH. She had her master’s in architecture from Iran before continuing her education in urban design at KTH nearly two decades ago. She has worked as a planning architect at different municipalities in Sweden during the recent years. Her research explores how analytical approaches can foster deeper and more nuanced understanding of diversity as a concept. Specifically, she investigates existing retail diversity in Stockholm and the role of urban form by translating Jane Jacobs’ four conditions through the application of Space Syntax theories and methods. The research presented in this study is planned to be delivered in the form of a licentiate thesis.

Prof. John Peponis. Born in Athens, Greece, in 1955, professor Peponis joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 1989. He is an international leader in the field of spatial analysis and one of the original creators of space syntax. He develops analytical concepts and methods for the description of built space and the measurement of its human affordances and functions. His publications address the geometric and computational foundations of space syntax; the spatial culture of buildings and cities; design formulation and design languages; spatial cognition; work environments; museums. As a registered architect in Greece, he collaborates with Kokkinou and Kourkoulas Architects as consultant since 1992.