Cities for People

Synopsis: Video of a lecture given in 2011 at the New London galleries in the Building Centre by the Danish architect and city planner Jan Gehl, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. Lord Rogers, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners provides an introduction. For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world, including Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney and - most recently - New York, with his approach to creating cities for people. Jan Gehl discusses why looking after people is crucial for the quality of cities in the 21st century, how this can be accomplished and how this has been achieved in more and more projects and cities. The lecture covers the changes in city planning from the 1960s until today, where people - after decades of neglect - have once been again elevated to be a main feature in architecture, urban design and urban planning. The event marked the UK launch of Jan Gehl’s new book Cities for People.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Year of production: 2011
Subjects: Architecture; Environmental science
Keywords: cities; environmental issues; town & regional planning

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