No attempts, so far, has been made to analyze the indoor spaces of a house from the perspective of geographic direction. There are few studies in a house typology based on indoor space distribution. Many tools like Adjacency Diagram Theory (A.D) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used by the author to typologize architecture. In general, these attempts ignored the true direction of spaces from its hypothesis. Therefore, this paper will develop the Adjacency Diagram Theory to consider the true geographic direction of spaces in the analysis. An experimental case of a corridor-plan has been deeply investigated using both theories. Accordingly, the outcome of the analysis has shown that the number of patterns using Space Orientation Theory is greater than those patterns of Adjacency Diagram Theory by 196:30 respectively. As a result, house patterns based on Space Orientation Theory is more comprehensive and effective, and it is worthy to use it in counting patterns. This approach adds a new room for house typology and helps find the summer, winter, and summer-winter patters easily. It is advisable that decision makers, planners, architects and architecture students study this theory and use it in future house design. Keywords; Adjacency Distribution Theory; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Space Orientation Theory; Corridor-Type Plan, House Typology .
No attempts, so far, has been made to analyze the indoor spaces of a house from the perspective of geographic direction. There are few studies in a house typology based on indoor space distribution. Many tools like Adjacency Diagram Theory (A.D) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used by the author to typologize architecture. In general, these attempts ignored the true direction of spaces from its hypothesis. Therefore, this paper will develop the Adjacency Diagram Theory to consider the true geographic direction of spaces in the analysis. An experimental case of a corridor-plan has been deeply investigated using both theories. Accordingly, the outcome of the analysis has shown that the number of patterns using Space Orientation Theory is greater than those patterns of Adjacency Diagram Theory by 196:30 respectively. As a result, house patterns based on Space Orientation Theory is more comprehensive and effective, and it is worthy to use it in counting patterns. This approach adds a new room for house typology and helps find the summer, winter, and summer-winter patters easily. It is advisable that decision makers, planners, architects and architecture students study this theory and use it in future house design. Keywords; Adjacency Distribution Theory; Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Space Orientation Theory; Corridor-Type Plan, House Typology .