EMPOWER
The Gehl office as a platform for change
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Guests and Hosts
GOVERNANCE
and openness; a networked ecosystem for good ideas about cities for people to flourish. In the studio we produce ideas and solve complex problems. To address them, we create a co-creative environment where people with a wide range of expertise and knowledge can come together to experience new perspectives firsthand and work toward a resolution.
PROCESS MANAGEMENT
skills
interaction and work to cultivate guest-host relationships to ensure that we advance both our own ideas and those of others
TEACHING
QUALITY
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urban designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, sociologists, anthropologists and cultural theorists. Additionally, Gehl Architects employ a network of internationally recognized experts as specialist consultants. We are a young, dynamic
CULTURE & TRENDS CITY LIFE & SOCIAL ASPECTS COMMERCE & MOBILITY URBAN LIFE
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TRANSIT HUBS ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN
babies in 2010
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500 LECTURES/YEAR
86 ACTIVE
Copenhagen
HOSTING
architects, landscape, urbanists, anthropologists, graphic designers
10 NATIONALITIES
PRJECTS
STAFF
ENGAGING
and enthusiastic team that collectively apply 45 years of
PEOPLE FIRST DESIGN
urban design research, theories and ideology into professional practice and consultancy. Cities for People (Gehl, 2012) 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. The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl’s work around the globe.
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PEOPLE
35
Our interdisciplinary team of 35 people include architects,
dozens of study tours
PLANNING
LEARNING Passionate, experienced & diverse
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
PROCESS DESIGN
PLANNING
While we embrace virtual networks, we cherish physical
ON SITE
STRATEGIC
PROCESS
The philosophy of the Gehl studio is based on generosity
PEOPLE 25%
New City Life (Gehl, Gemzøe, Kirknæs & Søndergaard, 2006) Over the past 50 years, the use of public space has changed dramatically. New City Life is a handbook describing how to improve the quality of life in the city by responding to the challenges facing cities in the 21st century. Published in Danish and English.
New City Spaces (Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzøe, 2001) provides an international perspective on the renaissance of public life and public spaces. City strategies from Barcelona, Lyon, Strasbourg, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Portland, Curitiba, Cordoba and Melbourne are presented as well as 39 remarkable new public spaces. Published in Danish, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and Chinese.
Gehl Architects · Urban Quality Consultants · Gl. Kongevej 1 · DK 1610 Copenhagen V · Denmark · www.gehlarchitects.dk