High level descriptive retrieval

High level descriptive retrieval means that description retrieval happens at the level of the whole form or ‘gestalt’, which is higher order co-ordination that we can think of as a kind of synchronisation.

Sources

Hillier, B. (2003) The knowledge that shapes the cities: the human city beneath the social city. In: (Proceedings) 4th International Space Syntax Symposium. : London, UK, 01.1-20. pp. 01.9-01.10