SPACE: The area is being designed and developed based on the vision of public life, in order to facilitate and encourage the desired activity. The unique methodology of Jan Gehl is based on the principle that people are the most important priority of public space in the process of planning cities. He co-founded Gehl Architects in 2000 with Helle Søholt, held a Partner position until 2011, and remains a Senior Advisor. He became a professor of urban planning at KADK, and a Visiting Professor around the world. Copenhagen’s Strøget carfree zone, one of the longest pedestrian shopping areas in Europe, is primarily the result of Gehl’s work. Gehl’s book “Public Spaces, Public Life” describes how such incremental improvements have transformed Copenhagen from a car-dominated city to a pedestrian-oriented city over 40 years.
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. Jan Gehl 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. Public space should be a place for everyone that includes unique qualities and benefits of a particular urban environment, open to a variety of activities and opportunities. Jan Gehl (- ) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist.
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