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n the museum have been carried out. Among the proposals first one intended to create a new gallery wing for the permanent collection having a passage entrance through the Clore Gallery. An external sculpture court was planned at the back of this wing. In the second proposal, some of the new gallery spaces were added on the north side of the building linearly and the others were designed at the back of this as a separate wing shaping an open court at the centre. Third one introduced a new north wing that will be used as temporary exhibition space and the area which is currently used for temporary exhibition was designed to host the permanent collection. In this option, external sculpture court was formed between the new gallery wing and the Clore Gallery having a link to new caf233。 and bookshop space.This study has illustrated that the space syntax provided a useful tool for people to think about space. By employing evidence based approach, first it became possible to capture the spatial characteristics of the museum and then different ideas were tested in terms of their effect on the whole spatial configuration to see how space will be used and experienced by their inhabitants. If design is a kind of activity that can be learned by doing and experiencing, this approach provides a useful tool for students to learn from their design decisions. This then can lead them in creating new ideas as well as developing and evolving their proposals.Design process in architecture is not a systematic or procedural process. It is rather a making and discovery process which proceeds by creating and testing design ideas. By taking into account design constraints, architects use a great variety of science based knowledge as well as his/her individual experiences and beliefs in this process. The way how the architect brings these together or what are his/her priorities, or how s/he understands and evaluates them is totally subjective.The role of space syntax in architectural design can be summarised as follows:1. In the dialogue between arch