For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually useor could usethe spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people.
Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl explains how to develop cities that are lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy.
The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl’s work around the globe.
Publishers Weekly
In this fascinating look inside the key architectural factors that determine a city's livability, award-winning Danish architect and author Gehl (Public Spaces, Public Life) examines the factors he deems essential to a successful city. Not surprisingly, places designed without good room for safe walking and biking lead to a sedentary life behind steering wheel and computer screen. A lively city, on the other hand, counters the trend for people to withdraw into gated communities… serving a democratic function where people encounter social diversity. It's in examining architecture's psychological effects that Gehl truly shines; public spaces without comfortable seating and properly-scaled talkscapes evoking Italian piazzas enact a high human toll and greatly impact how the city functions at eye-level. Soaring, dehumanizing architecture has a diminishing effect on the individual, creating a shocking high-rise in crime rates. Even those without a professional interest in architecture will be fascinated by the assertions, like slow traffic means lively cities, that Gehl makes. Coming to the conclusion that a good city is like a good party: guests stay because they are enjoying themselves, Gehl keeps his latest effort engaging from start to finish. Illus. (Sept.)
Categories:
- Arts & Photography
- Architecture
- Urban & Land Use Planning
- Land Use Planning
- Urban & Land Use Planning
- Architecture
Publisher : Island Press
Author : Gehl, Jan
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2010-09-06
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 159726573X
ISBN-13 : 9781597265737
Item weight : 0.46 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 7.4 in x 10.1 in
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