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Spatial phenomena can be explained from a variety of established
theories, territorial structures proposed by N.J.
Habraken (1982), is the one on which this research is
based.
Four major meanings associated with the territorial structure
under study: 1.Controlling.
2. The separation of private and public spaces.
3. Different depth of territory reflects the disparity of human
behaviors. 4. Spatial structures indicated by the
territorial organization. To develop a
notation system that can represent the territorial organization
of any given floor plan of a spatial arrangement is the major
purpose of this study. This notation system should have
1)descriptive power, 2)representation capability, and
3)semantic capacity.
Such a notation system is established by orthogonal graphics
with a few spatial symbols indicating various situations of
controlling points. Structural graphics are capable
of describing the relations of spaces and the meanings
of environments. They can be used as design review tools for
examining any given territorial arrangement. From the
notations, we can find some recurrent ''pattern'' of
graphs which represent certain widely used environmental
organizations. Extensively, we can apply this notion of
territorial ''pattern'' to study the isomorphic structure of
built environments that may shed new light on the study of
architectural history as well as socio-cultural spatial
behaviors.
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