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Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl in 2006
Born (1936-09-17) 17 September 1936 (age 87)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Alma materRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
AwardsSir Patrick Abercrombie Prize (1993)
Civic Trust Award (2009)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2015)
PracticeGehl Architects

Jan Gehl Hon. FAIA (born 17 September 1936, Copenhagen) 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. He is a founding partner of Gehl Architects.

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Gehl is an urban research and design consulting firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 2000 by Professor Jan Gehl and urban designer Helle...

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locals alike, serving the function of a square according to architects Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe. The northern side of Nyhavn is lined by brightly coloured...

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Urbanized

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interviews with urban planners and architects, such as Oscar Niemeyer and Jan Gehl. To promote the documentary, Hustwit commissioned a set of four limited...

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We are good at putting up buildings but we are bad at making places." Jan Gehl has said "First life, then spaces, then buildings – the other way around...

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reforms. The first on urban planning drew on the work of Danish designer Jan Gehl and set out plans for urban design with better transport links and safety...

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Cycling advocacy

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consultant Jan Gehl, who has been instrumental in the promotion and implementation of the policy in Copenhagen. For more than 40 years, Mr. Gehl has systematically...

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Architecture of Copenhagen

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with British iterations of the Garden City. In 1962, Danish architect Jan Gehl shifted the trajectory of Copenhagen's development by pedestrianising key...

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Panfilov Street Promenade

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Building are located within it, which was redesigned by Danish urban designer Jan Gehl. The promenade ends in Arbat. The Almaty City Maslihat was responsible...

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Pedestrian zone

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and Little Mallop Street Geelong.[citation needed] Empirical studies by Jan Gehl indicate an increase of pedestrian traffic as result of public domain improvements...

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Pedestrian

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over the last 40 years, principally due to the work of Danish architect Jan Gehl, a principle of urban design known as copenhagenisation. Safety is an important...

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Copenhagen

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2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017. Gehl, Jan (2000). New City Spaces. Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press. p. 13. Gehl, Jan (2000). New City Spaces. Copenhagen:...

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Christchurch tramway system

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City Council. 25 September 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2010. Gehl, Jan (2010). "Jan Gehl Public Space Public Life Study (Christchurch 2009, Public Space...

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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

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Spaces, Human Places". Project for Public Spaces The Organization Man Jan Gehl "William H Whyte". Project for Public Spaces. 3 January 2010. Retrieved...

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Carfree city

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movement Cyclability Cycling infrastructure Effects of the car on societies Jan Gehl In town, without my car! List of car-free places Freeway removal – Replacement...

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Urban density

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aspects of sustainability remains a contested area of planning theory. Jan Gehl, prominent Urban Designer and expert on sustainable urbanism, argues that...

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Maxim Katz

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problems of urban planning and in October 2011 he studied at the company of Jan Gehl, which is engaged in urban design. Wanting to put into practice his views...

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Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

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Transport in Sydney

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riding or along shared paths such as in parks. Prior to the involvement of Jan Gehl, the City of Sydney created a Bicycle Action Plan in 2007, part of which...

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Environmental psychology

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extent, from the involvement of figures like Jane Jacobs and Copenhagen's Jan Gehl. One prime figure here is the late writer and researcher William H. Whyte...

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Shared space

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United Kingdom David Engwicht, Australia Martin Cassini, United Kingdom Jan Gehl, Denmark Eric Britton, France/USA Project for Public Spaces, United States...

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Urban design

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List of Danes

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(1926–2015), architect Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938–1991), furniture designer Jan Gehl (1947–), architect, urban planner Kaj Gottlob (1887–1976), architect and...

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