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The Human Scale

Based on the work of famed Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl and his visionary work transforming urban environments from traffic-congested streets and cold urban landscapes into havens for people and real human interaction. Gehl has been leading a revolution in urban planning that has been transforming cities worldwide. From the expanded pedestrian spaces in New York's Times Square, to Copenhagen's famed bike lanes, to the rebuilding of earthquake devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, Gehl's team bring real solutions that promise a more humanistic dimension to cities where people are not displaced by congested streets, skyscrapers, and the car-centric urbanism of the 1960s and '70s. Andreas Dalsgaard's stunningly photographed film travels around the world to explore how Gehl's vision of a human megacity - intimate, lively, safe, sustainable and healthy - is being implemented in cities around the world.

Year: 2012
Genre: Documentaries, General Docos, Architectures, Film Festivals 2013
Country: Denmark
Director: Andreas M Dalsgaard
Starring: Jan Gehl
Duration: 77 Minutes
Rating: PG - Coarse language
7.4/10
Location in store: Documentary (Architectures)

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