Human scale
WARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5

  • Human scale

The human scale questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people into the center of our equations.

For 40 years the Danish architect Jan Gehl has systematically studied human behavior in cities. His starting point was an interest in people, more than buildings – in what he called Life Between Buildings. What made it exist? When was it destroyed? How could it be brought back? This lead to studies of how human beings use the streets, how they walk, see, rest, meet, interact etc. Jan Gehl also uses statistics, but the questions he asks are different. For instance: How many people pass this street throughout a 24 hour period? How many percent of those are pedestrians? How many are driving cars or bikes? How much of the street space are the various groups allowed to use? Is this street performing well for all its users?

Jan Gehl made his first studies in Italy and later he inspired the planning of Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, for 40 years. His ideas inspired the creation of walking streets, the building and improvements of bike paths and the reorganization of parks, squares and other public spaces throughout this city and in many other cities in the Nordic region. Around the world cities like Melbourne, Dhaka, New York, Chongqing and Christchurch are now also being inspired by Gehl’s work and by the developments in Copenhagen.

 

The film will be shown courtesy of Planete+ Doc Film Festival.
 

Other archival events from that cycle:

DzieńGodzinaNazwa wydarzeniaMiejsce wydarzenia
14:00 Guided tour Curatorial Guided ToursWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
18:00 Film screening Unfinished SpacesWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
18:00 Film screening Space, Land and Time Underground Adventures with ANT FARMWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
14:00 Guided tour Curatorial Guided ToursWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
18:00 Film screening Living ArchitecturesWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
18:00 Film screening MegacitiesWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw
14:00 Guided tour Curatorial Guided ToursWARSAW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 5 The Historical Museum of Warsaw
Rynek Starego Miasta 28-42, Warsaw