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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