JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
CITIES FOR PEOPLE
Two old Paradigms
-and a new !
1960 CHANGE OF PARADIGME
“Modernism”
becomes domminating paradigm for Planning
After 1960
Rapid growth, Large units
City Plan Scale
Birdseye view / Aircraftperspective
Site Plan Scale
Rooftop / Helicopterperspective
People Scale
Eyelevel / 5 km/h perspective
Human Scale completely forgotten!
Perth, West Australia Elsinore, Denmark
Carinvasion
1960…CHANGE OF PARADIGME
Jane Jacobs
*
1961
After 50 years:
A distinct change of Paradigm
WANTED:
- Lively, Liveable City - Sustainable City
- Healthy City
Lively, Liveable City
Sustainable City
A good Public Realm is a crucial factor
for good Public Transportation
”Houston -the City with the fattest people of the World”
Healthy City
WANTED:
- Lively, Liveable City - Sustainable City
- Healthy City
Looking carefully
after people in
city planning will
efficiently adress
all 3 issues
In this City everything will be done to invite people to walk
and bicycle as much as
possible in the course of their
daily day doings”
Copenhagen 1962 – 2012
From traffic place to People Place
50 Years Anniversary
Strædet - before…..and after 1992
Nyhavn - before ……and after 1980
Public Space-Public Life Surweys: Copenhagen 1968, 1985, 1995 (+2005)
City of Copenhagen
New Strategy
2009
“Best City in the World for People”
-on a citywide network of bicycle lanes
Bicycling in Copenhagen
Oct 2011: New Danish Government arriving on bicycles at the Palace to be commissioned by the Queen. No Limousines no more?
City of Copenhagen: Bicycle Strategy 2011
”From rather good to being best in the World”
Congratulations Copenhagen:
”Worlds most livable city”
(Monocle 2013)
Melbourne, -
3 mio. Inh.Places for People 1994
Project by Jan Gehl
Places for People 2004
Project Gehl Architects
www.gehlarchitects.dk
When it comes to street life and ambience
Melbourne has by now a distinct touch of – say – PARIS!
A CITY GOOD AT PARTIES, OLYMPICS and SUMMITS….
Main Street in Sydney to be transformed to Pedestrians, Bicycles and Light Rail
Present situation George St. After conversion
1. Copenhagen 2. Melbourne
3. Helsinki 4. Tokyo
5. Vienna
6. Zürich
7. Stockholm 8. Munich
9. Sydney
10. Auckland
WORLD’S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES,
MONOCLE 2013
New York, USA, 2007-2009
9th Avenue- before
9th Avenue – after, with “Copenhagen style” bike lane
Phot:DOT/NYC
2010
1. Bilbao
2. Melbourne 2012
1. New York
2. Copenhagen / Malmø
Lee Kuan Yew World
City Prize (Singapore)
Broadway Boulevard 23 May 2009
“When you can make it there you can make it anywhere,
New York, New York !!”
Moscow, Russia: Where car is King
Tverskaya
Main Street,Moscow
December 2011
“Towards a great city for people”
Gehl Architects, July 2013
July 2013
July 2013
Mayor in Vilnius, Lithouienia: “Do not park in my bike lanes”
Tverskaya , Main Street, Moscow
December 2011 July 2013
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin
From Jane Jacobs to Livable Cities
1961 2013
First we shape the cities
-then they shape us
”The New York School”
* William H. Whyte
*PPS
Project f. Public Spaces 1980 1988 2000
”The Berkeley School”
*Alexander
*Appleyard
*Cooper Marcus
*Allan Jacobs
*Bossellmann
1981 1988 1993
”Copenhagen School”
* Life Between Buildings
*Copenhagen Surveys
1971..2006 1968, 1985, 1995, 2005
Arkitekt M.A.A.
After 1960
Rapid growth, Large units
City Plan Scale
Birdseye view / Aircraftperspective
Site Plan Scale
Rooftop / Helicopterperspective
People Scale
Eyelevel / 5 km/h perspective
City Planning based on Modernistic Ideology
Large, cold spaces, few people
Large, cold spaces, few people
Downtown, Dubai
This thing called:
PEOPLEWASHING
PROTECTION
COMFORT
•ENJOYMENT
Piazza Il Campo, Siena, Italy
The Finest Urban Space in the World
- a miracle or straightforward common sense?
Overview of Quality criterias
-The Pedestrian landscape
Campo in Siena
Nyhavn, Copenhagen Overview of Quality criterias
-The Pedestrian landscape
Overview of Quality criterias -The Pedestrian landscape
Campo in Siena
JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
CITIES FOR PEOPLE
JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
CITIES FOR PEOPLE
There is much more to Walking - than walking!
Transport……….. and all the joyful stuff
Walking – because you have to
And / or enjoying life in the city
and / or enjoying life in the city
You can walk -and walk - and walk....
Slide 63
-but you could just as well ”walk`n-talk”
- or ”walk`n-watch” (and be watched!)
Slide 63
- or ”walk`n-wink”
-or you can ”stop`n watch”
If you can find a vacant bollard ! (Campo in Siena, Italy)
-or you can ”stop`n-talk”
-or you
can
”walk`n-waltz`”-or you can ”stop`n - watch`n - learn”
-and whenever you feel
like you can adress your
fellow citiziens
Summing up:
We are talking about life itself!
-everything worth
talking about happens when you are on your feet -that`s what we were made for!
LET US MAKE
CITIES FOR PEOPLE
Laura, Grandchild, 1 Year
”Difference between Social Housing
and Genious Architecture”
Cartoon in Danish Newspaper 2013
.
In the home the Children
play were the
activity is
Life……….an everlasting
source of joy and learning
“Man is man’s greatest joy”
(From old Icelandic Saga)
Always a two-way contact:
..to watch and be watched
The lively spaces are always
prefered
”Cities for People”
Available in all major languages !!
2010 - 2013
JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
CITIES FOR PEOPLE
Life and Activity is the finest
Attraction of all
WALKING ALONG
GETTING ACROSS
A CITY FOR ALL
OPPORTUNITIES TO REST
GOOD CONDITIONS FOR HEARING & TALKING
ACTIVITIES & SEASONS
LVISUAL QUALITY
GOOD CITY BY NIGHT
KEY WORDS FOR A GOOD PEOPLE ENVIRONTMENT
UNATTRACTIVE WALKING ENVIRONMENT SENDS
PEDESTRIANS TO THE METRO HECTIC TRAFFIC AROUND THE METRO STATIONS
MOSCOW IS GENERALLY NOT A CITY FOR WALKING
Downtown, Dubai
Mrs. Lan,
Danish Embassy in Hanoi
Do you have a Baby Boom in Copenhagen?
Children are being wheeled around everywhere
30 % of all families w/ children have Cargobikes
Every bike can take one, two, (three) kids
-and they do
Learning to bike at an early age and with great determination - And proud as Peacocks they are!
Paula R. Gehl 4 years Laura R. Gehl 4 years
Biking to school and biking in all directions
from age 4 ( good bicyclelanes a precondition)
Priority for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Sidewalks and bicyclelanes across side streets. Children can stay on the sidewalk
all the way to school
REFLECTION:
Many children present in a city is a sure sign of quality
and livability
Prediction concerning number of Cars
Worldwide based on developement by 2014
July 2013
WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY
INTRODUCING SPECTACULAR MONUMENTS AS CITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
Downtown, Dubai
Brooklyn, New York – Residences: Frank Gehry
2010
1. Bilbao
2. Melbourne 2012
1. New York
2. Copenhagen / Malmø
Lee Kuan Yew World
City Prize (Singapore)
Mayor in Vilnius, Lithouienia: “Do not park in my bike lanes”
Bucharest, Romania: Things could be better, but…………
Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin
