6/11/2023 0 Comments Jan gehl new city life![]() People see it as unsafe women, children, and the elderly would never dream of going there. The opposite is a space that is derelict, disconnected from its surroundings, and not being used. It needs to feel safe and not be too noisy or windy or sunny or cold. On the physical side, a great public space needs to be well connected to its surroundings, easy to get to, and have “active edges,” meaning functions that help to bring people together and build community. Public spaces are defined by the activities that take place, the culture and identity of the communities they support, the social mix of people, the kinds of programming. Helle Søholt: A great public space, first and foremost, is one that is used by people. McKinsey: What makes a great public space? A poor one? Trained as an architect in Denmark and the United States, she emphasizes improving the quality of city life and making people the center of urban planning. ![]() Based in Copenhagen and with offices in New York and San Francisco, Gehl Architects aims to help clients create what it calls “cities for people.” Søholt herself has worked on projects around the world, including Beijing, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Kuala Lumpur, London, Mexico City, São Paulo, Seattle, and Vancouver. Helle Søholt is a founding partner of Gehl Architects, which she launched in 2000 with Jan Gehl, a fellow architect who had been studying the sociology of cities since 1966. ![]()
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