Knowledge Hub Thoughts, provocations, and fresh ideas from the Gehl team http://vimeo.com/1021012055?share=copy Articles Interviews, deep dives, and the odd ramble All articles City making From Empty Streets to Vibrant Places: Hamar’s City Center Transformation A reflection on Hamar’s transformation, featuring insights from Guro Vestvik, Urban Development Manager at the City of Hamar. Life between buildings The Physics of Feeling: Measuring Vibrancy in Urban Places Across the U.S., the familiar city model built around a Central Business District is changing. Fewer people now organize their days around a single job center due to remote and hybrid work, shifting retail habits, and changing expectations about how time is spent. Revitalization can’t just mean filling empty offices — it requires looking at how neighborhoods, streets, and buildings work together, and what makes people want to show up, stay, and return. Life between buildings Women, Memory and the Future of Public Space: Rethinking Monuments, Heritage, and Representation On International Women’s Day, cities celebrate women’s achievements — yet in our public spaces, from squares to parks and streets, women remain absent. Urban quality assessment Measuring What We Care About: Harnessing Digital Tools for Deeper Urban Insights From the original clipboard counts of people in public space to today’s multi-layered digital data ecosystems, Gehl has been a pioneer of data-driven urbanism from day one. Life between buildings The Built Environment and Emotion The built environment shapes how we feel, yet we often overlook the emotional impact of our surroundings. City making Can Architecture Tackle Our Greatest Global Challenges? Social impact strategies and assessments often lag behind in the pursuit of sustainable development across the Gulf region. Drawing on Gehl’s experience working in the Gulf, we share why these strategies and assessments should be seen not as optional extras, but as essential components of every real estate project. City making Closing the Gap: Social Impact Strategies and Assessments Social impact strategies and assessments often lag behind in the pursuit of sustainable development across the Gulf region. Drawing on Gehl’s experience working in the Gulf, we share why these strategies and assessments should be seen not as optional extras, but as essential components of every real estate project. Life between buildings The Collective Roundtable: Talking Health Health experts from around kyu talk about the current health landscape, the challenges they face, and look towards the future. Life between buildings Designing Cities for Our Youngest Residents to Thrive A people-first approach to cities takes all community members’ needs and experiences into account, including the smallest amongst them. Here we take a look at why city planning and design should focus on children and their caregivers to promote child-friendly cities that benefit everyone. Planetary health Designing in Symbiosis With People, Places, and the Planet Gehl’s people-first approach has always assumed the ecological impact of its work. Publications Dive into our reports and publications All publications Life between buildings Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure What are the key drivers of successful social infrastructure networks? This study seeks to bridge the gap between our needs for social infrastructure and the resources allocated to it. Urban quality assessment People and Public Spaces A socio-spatial study on usage patterns of accessible public spaces in Munich. City making Urban95 Public Life Data Framework What does the city look like from 95 cm — the height of a 3-year-old? The public life data approach combines public life research with urban planning to create evidence-based solutions for families and small children. 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. 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. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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. Our Story A message from our Founder, Helle Søholt, on a new chapter for Gehl City making Denmark’s New National Architecture Policy Sets a Bold Vision for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development City making Cityscape Global 2024 Our Story The Downtown DC Public Realm Plan Has Been Awarded the 2024 Chapter Planning Award for Outstanding Plan Our Story We are transforming Singapore’s North-South Corridor Our Story Director US Cities Anna Muessig and Director of Research & Development Liselott Stenfeldt join Gehl’s Partner Group Our Story Gehl at Climate Week NYC Our Story Spor10: Putting People and Health First in Neighborhood Development Our Story 6 Months of kyu With Helle and Farah Our Story Gehl joins kyu
