State-enforced norms regarding the production of built space play a central role in determining architectural and urban quality. When addressing to this issue, researchers concentrate on social, historical, political and technical aspects of architectural regulations, but their role is not often investigated in morphological terms. This research concentrates on two normative case studies regarding the assessment of the ‘quantity of buildable space’, which are extrapolated from Italian laws and local regulations and tested using the architectural project as a heuristic tool to understand their effects on architectural design. Two questions are addressed: (1) how can a rule have effects, such as hinder or promote specific (architectural) forms without addressing them directly, and (2) what are the mechanisms that allow these effects to take place? The study argues that building regulations, even in apparently neutral aspects, such as the definition of indexes, can result in perverse effects, namely effects that are neither intended nor planned, and that can encourage or hamper specific forms. It concludes with the assertion that regulations regarding architecture should be subject to a deep analysis to envisage possible distortions, using the design process as a method of assessment, in order to understand whether their influence on design choices can or not be acceptable or desirable.

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规则与建筑空间的产生：对顺应同向性的调查

关于建筑空间生产的国家强制规范在决定建筑和城市质量方面发挥着核心作用。在解决这个问题时，研究人员专注于建筑法规的社会、历史、政治和技术方面，但它们的作用并不经常从形态学方面进行研究。本研究集中于关于“可建造空间数量”评估的两个规范性案例研究，这些案例研究是从意大利法律和当地法规中推断出来的，并使用建筑项目作为启发式工具进行测试，以了解它们对建筑设计的影响。解决了两个问题：(1) 规则如何在不直接解决的情况下产生影响，例如阻碍或促进特定（架构）形式，(2) 允许这些影响发生的机制是什么？该研究认为，建筑法规，即使在表面上是中性的方面，例如指数的定义，也可能导致不利影响，即既非有意也未计划的影响，可能会鼓励或阻碍特定形式。最后断言，关于建筑的法规应该进行深入分析，以设想可能的扭曲，使用设计过程作为评估方法，以了解它们对设计选择的影响是否可以接受或不可取。这可以鼓励或阻碍特定的形式。最后断言，关于建筑的法规应该进行深入分析，以设想可能的扭曲，使用设计过程作为评估方法，以了解它们对设计选择的影响是否可以接受或不可取。这可以鼓励或阻碍特定的形式。最后断言，关于建筑的法规应该进行深入分析，以设想可能的扭曲，使用设计过程作为评估方法，以了解它们对设计选择的影响是否可以接受或不可取。