Evolution Process of Scientific Space: Spatial Analysis of Three Groups of Laboratories in History (16th–20th Century)

Different disciplines need specialized spaces to ensure the smooth conduct of research, and laboratory plays an important role as physical carrier knowledge production today. Reviewing history, it is found that image organization internal space have undergone great changes, which reflects people’s cognition scientific practice in different periods. This study uses syntax tools analyze relationships between research activities spatial forms over time, preliminarily discussing laboratories’ characteristics periods corresponding modes. It has several phases, paradigm deeply influences logic buildings. The presents unique syntactic results topological structures, suggesting trend from closed open decentralization centralization.