isovist

English

Etymology

From iso- + possibly vista.

Noun

isovist (plural isovists)

1. (architecture) A measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location.
   • 2009 July 12, Jonah Lehrer, “Where Am I?”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The best architects intuitively understand this psychological preference, as they construct spaces that naturally lead us from one expansive isovist to the next.