- Jan Gehl
"By the 60's American values had begun to catch on (in Copenhagen, Denmark) - separate isolated homes and everyone driving. The city was suffering so, how could we reverse these patterns? We decided to make the public realm so attractive it would drag people back into the streets, whilst making it simultaneously difficult to go there by car" (Gehl, 1992).
Just some thoughts on places and spaces. While doing research for my thesis I did some reading on Jan Gehl and his ideas and research on public space. I found Life Between Buildings to be a really good read.
In the second quote above he speaks about "American Values" and how they began affecting the city life of Copenhagen, I can see this applying to many of the Caribbean islands today.
posted by Camille @ 5:57 AM
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