Architect who teaches people to walk will arrive in Prague
The Partnership Foundation and the Danish Embassy cordially invite you to
a meeting with Jan Gehl, a Danish architect and a prominent figure in shaping public spaces.
Jan Gehl has significantly influenced the approach of urban planners and architects to the creation of public spaces based on an understanding of societal life, usage needs, and other social relations related to public areas. Through on-site surveys, he proposes sensitive architectural, urban, and organizational solutions in both public spaces and citywide strategies. The most well-known and long-tested strategy is the city of Copenhagen, which has been gradually transformed since the 1960s from a city of cars and empty streets into a vibrant city for people. As the first of the Nordic cities, Copenhagen introduced pedestrian zones, gradually limits parking in the central area of the city, and creates opportunities for public life in the city. As a result, Copenhagen has gradually changed—600 parking spaces have been removed, and more than half of all trips are now made by bike.
Where and when: Prague, Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Program for Jan Gehl's visit:
10.00–13.00 presentation at the Cycling Conference 2010 (Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, nábř. L. Svobody 1222/12, Prague 1)
13:15–15.00 consultation on the Project Strategy for Public Spaces of Prague 10, possible collaboration with Gehl Architects on the project (Prague 10 OÚR, Partnership o.p.s.)
16:00–17:00 walk with Jan Gehl (to be specified)
17:30–19:30 lecture with discussion for architecture students and professionals, representatives of the media (lecture hall C223, FA ČVUT, Thákurova 7, Prague 6 - Dejvice
Lively cities - live cities
(author: Robert Sedlák from the Partnership Foundation)
Jan Gehl has dedicated his entire professional life to creating lively cities—cities where people enjoy spending time in streets and squares because these public spaces entice them with their arrangement. Proposals for bringing people back to the streets and squares (instead of cars) are based on many years of research on how people inhabit the city and what they lack. His atelier Gehl Architects - Urban Quality Consultants has developed projects for many world metropolises and smaller cities on all inhabited continents.
These proposals stem from the fundamental assumption that first and foremost, it is necessary to provide people with a sense of safety (often, the presence of other people in the streets is enough), comfort (for walking and staying, conversing) and experience (pleasant building scale, activity offerings, microclimate).
Gehl architects are currently working for New York City and have recently implemented the first changes on Broadway, where sidewalks were widened, spaces for staying and small squares with benches were created, and bike lanes were added. The Gehl team says: "If such a thing is possible in New York, it is possible everywhere."
"Let's put planning back on its feet!" - "Vraťme plánování zpět na nohy!" (Lars Gemzoe)
The concept of lively (soft) cities addresses current issues faced by (not only) Western civilization:
- health and obesity of the population
- mobility and dysfunctional transportation
- environment
- social aspect - belonging to a place, direct interpersonal contacts
"People first, please!" (Jan Gehl)
Jan Gehl and his team have developed a unique working procedure based on the principle that the needs of people are the most important in urban planning.
First, we consider LIFE, then we consider SPACE, and then we consider BUILDINGS.
Jan GEHL (1936) is a Danish architect, leader of his own studio Gehl Architects - Urban Quality Consultants, and emeritus professor of urbanism at the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He has also served at many other foreign universities - Edinburgh, Vilnius, Oslo, Toronto, Calgary, Melbourne, Perth, Berkeley, San José, and Guadalajara. As a consultant, he has worked and continues to work in many cities across Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia.
He is the author of numerous books on public spaces and urbanism. His first book translated into Czech, Life Between Buildings, was published in 2000 by the Partnership Foundation. Another Czech translation of the book New Urban Spaces by Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzoe was published by ERA in 2002. The latest book translated into Czech is New City Life from 2006, discussing the transformations of urban life and the adaptation of city environments to the needs of their inhabitants. Jan Gehl is currently preparing another book.
> www.gehlarchitects.com
The Partnership Foundation is the most significant Czech foundation supporting sustainable development projects. Throughout the Czech Republic, it provides foundation grants to non-profit organizations, schools, municipal offices, and individuals. The Partnership Foundation supports eco-friendly tourism, tree planting and nature conservation, the use of renewable energy sources and energy savings, sustainable transportation, and quality and functional public spaces in communities and cities. The Foundation introduced Jan Gehl into the Czech environment in 2000 with the translation of the book Life Between Buildings. Through its program Spaces and its subsidiary Partnership, o.p.s, the Partnership Foundation strives to promote and apply Gehl's ideas—specifically, for example, through the Analysis of Public Space of Zelný trh in Brno, the Partnership for Budějovické náměstí project in Prague, or the regeneration of Beneš's Boulevard in Hradec Králové. Currently, Partnership, o.p.s is involved in developing a Strategy for Public Spaces of Prague 10.
> www.partnerstvi-ops.cz
a meeting with Jan Gehl, a Danish architect and a prominent figure in shaping public spaces.
Jan Gehl has significantly influenced the approach of urban planners and architects to the creation of public spaces based on an understanding of societal life, usage needs, and other social relations related to public areas. Through on-site surveys, he proposes sensitive architectural, urban, and organizational solutions in both public spaces and citywide strategies. The most well-known and long-tested strategy is the city of Copenhagen, which has been gradually transformed since the 1960s from a city of cars and empty streets into a vibrant city for people. As the first of the Nordic cities, Copenhagen introduced pedestrian zones, gradually limits parking in the central area of the city, and creates opportunities for public life in the city. As a result, Copenhagen has gradually changed—600 parking spaces have been removed, and more than half of all trips are now made by bike.
Where and when: Prague, Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Program for Jan Gehl's visit:
10.00–13.00 presentation at the Cycling Conference 2010 (Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic, nábř. L. Svobody 1222/12, Prague 1)
13:15–15.00 consultation on the Project Strategy for Public Spaces of Prague 10, possible collaboration with Gehl Architects on the project (Prague 10 OÚR, Partnership o.p.s.)
16:00–17:00 walk with Jan Gehl (to be specified)
17:30–19:30 lecture with discussion for architecture students and professionals, representatives of the media (lecture hall C223, FA ČVUT, Thákurova 7, Prague 6 - Dejvice
Lively cities - live cities
(author: Robert Sedlák from the Partnership Foundation)
Jan Gehl has dedicated his entire professional life to creating lively cities—cities where people enjoy spending time in streets and squares because these public spaces entice them with their arrangement. Proposals for bringing people back to the streets and squares (instead of cars) are based on many years of research on how people inhabit the city and what they lack. His atelier Gehl Architects - Urban Quality Consultants has developed projects for many world metropolises and smaller cities on all inhabited continents.
These proposals stem from the fundamental assumption that first and foremost, it is necessary to provide people with a sense of safety (often, the presence of other people in the streets is enough), comfort (for walking and staying, conversing) and experience (pleasant building scale, activity offerings, microclimate).
Gehl architects are currently working for New York City and have recently implemented the first changes on Broadway, where sidewalks were widened, spaces for staying and small squares with benches were created, and bike lanes were added. The Gehl team says: "If such a thing is possible in New York, it is possible everywhere."
"Let's put planning back on its feet!" - "Vraťme plánování zpět na nohy!" (Lars Gemzoe)
The concept of lively (soft) cities addresses current issues faced by (not only) Western civilization:
- health and obesity of the population
- mobility and dysfunctional transportation
- environment
- social aspect - belonging to a place, direct interpersonal contacts
"People first, please!" (Jan Gehl)
Jan Gehl and his team have developed a unique working procedure based on the principle that the needs of people are the most important in urban planning.
First, we consider LIFE, then we consider SPACE, and then we consider BUILDINGS.
Jan GEHL (1936) is a Danish architect, leader of his own studio Gehl Architects - Urban Quality Consultants, and emeritus professor of urbanism at the School of Architecture of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. He has also served at many other foreign universities - Edinburgh, Vilnius, Oslo, Toronto, Calgary, Melbourne, Perth, Berkeley, San José, and Guadalajara. As a consultant, he has worked and continues to work in many cities across Europe, North America, Australia, and Asia.
He is the author of numerous books on public spaces and urbanism. His first book translated into Czech, Life Between Buildings, was published in 2000 by the Partnership Foundation. Another Czech translation of the book New Urban Spaces by Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzoe was published by ERA in 2002. The latest book translated into Czech is New City Life from 2006, discussing the transformations of urban life and the adaptation of city environments to the needs of their inhabitants. Jan Gehl is currently preparing another book.
> www.gehlarchitects.com
The Partnership Foundation is the most significant Czech foundation supporting sustainable development projects. Throughout the Czech Republic, it provides foundation grants to non-profit organizations, schools, municipal offices, and individuals. The Partnership Foundation supports eco-friendly tourism, tree planting and nature conservation, the use of renewable energy sources and energy savings, sustainable transportation, and quality and functional public spaces in communities and cities. The Foundation introduced Jan Gehl into the Czech environment in 2000 with the translation of the book Life Between Buildings. Through its program Spaces and its subsidiary Partnership, o.p.s, the Partnership Foundation strives to promote and apply Gehl's ideas—specifically, for example, through the Analysis of Public Space of Zelný trh in Brno, the Partnership for Budějovické náměstí project in Prague, or the regeneration of Beneš's Boulevard in Hradec Králové. Currently, Partnership, o.p.s is involved in developing a Strategy for Public Spaces of Prague 10.
> www.partnerstvi-ops.cz
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