A PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION OF THE SPACE SYNTAX APPLICATION IN THE SPATIAL EVALUATION OF URBAN PLANNING IMPLEMENTATION: A CASE STUDY OF QIANJIANG NEW CBD IN HANGZHOU

There is currently a lack of evaluation on urban planning implementation for governmentled redevelopment in the urban core area, and the most relevant spatial evaluation is limited to the descriptions on the geometrical feature of the space and the comparison of the spatial layout and volume. Through a theoretical review and a case study, the paper sets out to study the space itself and attempts to explore the application of space syntax in the spatial evaluation to provide a new research paradigm and approach. It aims to evaluate the performance of the spatial structure by looking at the difference between space use and original plans by revealing the underlying self-organization mechanism of the spatial structure. In the case study of Qianjiang New CBD in Hangzhou, the study discusses the centrality and correspondence between the function and the potential of space structure, in the hope of providing an empirical scientific support to evaluate the mid-term spatial planning implementation in the urban core area.