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Life between buildings
Towards More Physical Activity in Cities
Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity — a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe.
Transforming public spaces to promote physical activity — a key contributor to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Europe.
Life between buildings
A Guide to Inclusion and Health in Public Spaces
Gehl, the former Gehl Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) developed the Inclusive Healthy Places (IHP) Framework in 2017 to help guide the creation of equitable, healthy places.
Gehl, the former Gehl Institute, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) developed the Inclusive Healthy Places (IHP) Framework in 2017 to help guide the creation of equitable, healthy places.
Life between buildings
Adaptive Public Space: Places for People in the Pandemic and Beyond
Building on its longtime commitment to public spaces, Knight Foundation commissioned Gehl to conduct an impact assessment of seven public spaces in its portfolio.
Building on its longtime commitment to public spaces, Knight Foundation commissioned Gehl to conduct an impact assessment of seven public spaces in its portfolio.
Life between buildings
Soft City: Being Neighbors
How do we build genuine community? And what is it about the design of our cities, towns and neighborhoods that can foster this?
How do we build genuine community? And what is it about the design of our cities, towns and neighborhoods that can foster this?
Life between buildings
Soft City: Soft is Hard to Break
As urbanists, we tend to focus on the hardware of cities. Here, David Sim argues for more attention and care to the software, the intricate details and programming that helps people encounter one another on a daily basis.
As urbanists, we tend to focus on the hardware of cities. Here, David Sim argues for more attention and care to the software, the intricate details and programming that helps people encounter one another on a daily basis.
Life between buildings
Soft City: Layering Life
Urban life is in constant flux. In this excerpt from Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life, David Sim promotes diversity as a tool for social, economic and ecological resilience.
Urban life is in constant flux. In this excerpt from Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life, David Sim promotes diversity as a tool for social, economic and ecological resilience.
Life between buildings
Soft City: The Time of Your Life
Proximity to the places and people that we frequent on a daily basis has a huge influence on one’s quality of life. In Soft City, David Sim breaks down the relationship between different components of everyday urban life.
Proximity to the places and people that we frequent on a daily basis has a huge influence on one’s quality of life. In Soft City, David Sim breaks down the relationship between different components of everyday urban life.
Food systems
Houston Foodscape Strategy
Public life study in Alief and Asiatown to develop a healthy foodscape strategy.
Public life study in Alief and Asiatown to develop a healthy foodscape strategy.
Food systems
Ajuda Foodscapes Study
Exploring the intersection of food systems, public spaces, and community well-being in Ajuda, Portugal.
Exploring the intersection of food systems, public spaces, and community well-being in Ajuda, Portugal.
Food systems
Philadelphia Foodscape Strategy
Developing strategies to enhance quality of life and food security.
Developing strategies to enhance quality of life and food security.
Life between buildings
Social Infrastructure: Connecting People and Places for Thriving Communities
Lessons learned for the United States on how to better define, invest in, and sustain social infrastructure in communities.
Lessons learned for the United States on how to better define, invest in, and sustain social infrastructure in communities.
Food systems
Bogotá Healthy School Environment Pilot
Designing spaces that foster healthier communities and dignified access to health information.