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JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR,LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS
PUBLIC SPACES - PUBLIC LIFE-in the 21st CENTURY
1900 to 20061900 to 2006
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Public SpacesPublic Spaces--the Hard Warethe Hard Ware
Publ.2001
Public Space as Meeting Place
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Public Space as Market Place
Public Space as Connection Space
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The Carinvasion gets worser every day,
until someone puts their foot down anddecides to do something about it.
Bogota, Colombia - 6 mio. Inh.
The abandoned city..from 1970s
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Miami by night -bring your headlights!
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Houston -the City with thefattest people of the World
Or ............-Running for your Life -every Lunchtime!
AA fully mecanized worldfully mecanized world!!
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The reconquered city...from 1980s
*Willingnes to put constraintsto the vehicular traffic
*realisation of the importanceof public life
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9 reconquered Cities
Barcelona
Lyon
Strasbourg
Freiburg
Copenhagen
Portland
Curitiba
Cordoba
Melbourne
Public LifePublic Life
-- the Soft Warethe Soft Ware
Publ.2006
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1950 1965 20001900
Mainstreet Copenhagen in 100 yearsFrom nessesary to optional activities
Will occur regardless ofthe quality provided
Will occur only if good
quality is provided
1900 to 2000:1900 to 2000:From necessary to optional activities in the Public SpacesFrom necessary to optional activities in the Public Spaces
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1900: Ninetimes more
residents in thishouse than
today
Corbussier
1924
CIAM
Athens Charter1933
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Jane Jacobs
1961StrgetCopenhagen
pedestrian st.
1962
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Copenhagen School
* Life Between Buildings
*Copenhagen Surveys
1971..2006 1968, 1985, 1995, 2005
The New York School
* William H. Whyte
*PPSProject f. Public Spaces
1980 1988 2000
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The Berkeley School
*Alexander*Appleyard
*Cooper Marcus*Allan Jacobs*Bossellmann
1981 19931988
Will occur regardless ofthe quality provided
Will occur only if good
quality is provided
1900 to 2000:1900 to 2000:From necessary to optional activities in the Public SpacesFrom necessary to optional activities in the Public Spaces