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JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT. FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
Those were the days when architects were big, and people were quite smal....
Graduation 1960
The all time low point of City planning
4
decades of research
Life Between Buildings 1st edition 1971 Published in man versions 15 languages
Bengali 2008!
Corbussier 1924
2000
Elsinore, Denmark
Downtown, Dubai
New Towns
2009
Exist. Cities
Shanghai, China
Downtown, Dubai
Downtown, Dubai
Dubai
Wanted: - Lively City - Attractive City - Safe City - Sustainable City - Healthy City Needed:
Copenhagen 1962-2009 :
1.3 million (region)
From traffic place to people place - a steady people friendly developement for 47 years!!!
In 1962 all 18 squares were parking lots - now they are all people squares
The development of pedestrian areas in the city from 1962.7 times more People Space!
In only 40 years the good season has been extended from 2 to 10 months
1900
1950 1965
2000
Necessity
Transport
Shopping
Enjoyment
Wanted:
- Lively City - Attractive City - Safe City - Sustainable City - Healthy City
Copenhagen: New Public Life Policy 2009: WORLDS FINEST CITY FOR PEOPLE
Copenhagen: New Public Life Policy 2009: EVERYONE TO WALK 20% MORE BY 2015
Copenhagen-City of Bicycling
Bicycles are taken straight through the street crossings and the lanes are marked in blue
Bicycle signals turn green six seconds before the car signals
17 km/h to 20 km/h
- sidewalks and bicycle lanes are taken across sidestreets, making the city more comfortable and people friendly!
Everybody bikes
50% Australian kid ! Even Australians can learn to bicycle if they start early!
9 Reconqured Cities
Barcelona Lyon Strasbourg Freiburg Copenhagen Portland Curitiba Bogota Melbourne
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www.gehlarchitects.dk
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Pedestrian traffic weekdays daytime: +40% Pedestrian traffic evening: +100 % Stationary activities +200-300%
-but when it comes to street life and ambience it has by now a distinct touch of -say- Paris
Retail
Copenhagen
Melbourne oct 07
Wanted: - Lively City - Attractive City - Safe City - Sustainable City - Healthy City Needed:
Sydney, Oct.2008
Broadway Boulevard 23 May 2009 When you can make it there you can make it anywhere, New York, New York !!