Jan Gehl was an urbanist who made New York a car free city

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• An Urbanist
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• 05
Selected Urbanist:
• Jan Gehl
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2. Gehl
17 September 1936(Copenhagen)
Born
Danish
Nationality
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,
School of Architecture
Alma mater
Architect
Occupation
•Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize(1993)
Civic Trust Award (2009)
Awards
Gehl Architects
Practice

3. BiographyGehl received a Masters of Architecture from the
School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy
of Fine Arts (KADK) in Copenhagen in 1960, and
practiced architecture from 1960 to 1966. In 1966 he
received a research grant from KADK to study " the
form and use of public spaces"; his book Life between
Buildings (1971) reports his studies of public life in
public spaces, and develops his theories about how
city planning and architecture influence public life. He
became a professor of urban planning at KADK, and
a Visiting Professor around the world. He co-founded
Gehl Architects in 2000 with Helle Søholt, held a
Partner position until 2011, and remains a Senior
Advisor.
As a young architect working in the suburbs
Gehl married a psychologist and had many
discussions about why the human side of
architecture was not more carefully looked
after by the architects, landscape architects,
1960
• Received his Masters
1966
• Received a research grant from KADK
1971
• His Book “Life Between Buildings” was pulished
2000 Co-founded “Gehl Architects”

4. Influence
•In 2004 he carried out an important study in to the
quality of the public realm in London, commissioned
by Central London Partnership and Transport for
London, and supported City of Wakefield and the town
of Castleford in developing and delivering better
public spaces, as part of an initiative known as "The
Castleford Project".
•In 2007–08 he was hired by New York
City's Department of Transportation to re-imagine
New York City streets by introducing designs to
improve life for pedestrians and cyclists. The DOT used
Gehl's work to "directly inform" the implementation of
their new urban planning and design policies and
projects.
•Gehl has been influential in Australia and New
Gehl Architects' project for Brighton New Road
employing shared space, awarded the UK Civic
Trust Award

5. Transformation Of
Copenhagen
The public space in Copenhagen progressed in two phases.
Car Dominated
City
Pedestrian
City
First
phase:The first phase was
to make
COPENHEGAN
possible to walk.
That was the period
of the pedestrian
street, the
“Fußgängerstraße,”
Second
Phase:The next period, from 1980
to 2000, was the period
focused on sitting and
staying. It was the time
when all these squares were
freed of parking and all the
pavement cafés started
That coincided with having more
leisure time—you are not just
rushing out to work or to shop.
This culture has been in the
Mediterranean countries all the
time, but after the 1980s and ‘90s,
it really spread worldwide. Next is
phase three. That is not about
walking or sitting, but being
active. It is about places for roller
skating or running or bicycling or
swimming in the harbor.
Before Transformation After Transformation

6. Gehl’s Thought
Gehl expressed his thoughts about livable
city.He said,“I won't have take on that one
because I would be shooting from the hip!I
think it should be more considered and so I
couldn't just list 10 things. I would say more
generally that any city today should try to
make itself more livable,more sustainable,and
healthier.Any city Council around the world
should have this goal on its agenda.Ofcourse
you can define livablity in many ways.But
sustainability and Health can be rather
precisely defined.So after first looking at
“My wife and I set out
to study the
borderland between
sociology, psychology,
architecture, and
planning.”

7. Books By Gehl
• LIFE BETWEEN
BUILDINGS(1971)
• HOW TO STUDY PUBLIC
LIFE(2013)
• NEW CITY LIFE(2006)
• CITIES FOR PEOPLE(2010)
• PEOPLE CITIES(2016)
• NEW CITY SPACES(2001)

8. Award
sHonorary Doctorate from Heriot-
Watt University(1992)
Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize(1993)
EDRA Award, Environmental Design
Research Association, USA(1998)
Honorary Academician, The
Academy of Urbanism, UK(2007)
Landscape Institute Award,
Landscape Institute, UK(2008)
Honorary Fellow of American
Institute of Architects(2008)
NYC Award, New York City,
USA(2009)
Civic Trust Award for Brighton
New Road Civic Trust, UK(2009)
Prince Eugen Medal
Denmark(2011)
C.F. Hansen Medal
(2013)
•Design Futures Council Senior
Fellow

9. Thank You