The Wave
On Friday the 30th of August ‘the Wave’ opened in Copenhagen harbour designed by Klar and JDS Architects in colaboration. Critically for us, it has begun to enliven the Western side of the harbour in...
View ArticleParking day in Copenhagen
By John Bela Co-founder of Rebar and creator of Park(ing) Day Parking Day in Copenhagen This year was the eighth annual celebration of Park(ing) Day, a global event where people take over parking...
View ArticleDrowning in Data
These days we are burning the midnight oil in order to finalise an analytical report about the capital of Norway: Oslo. This particular report has been on its way for about a year, but the Oslo/Gehl...
View ArticleTorontonian Happy Halloween Tale
Brownfield-to-greenfield conversions offer many challenges for planners and architects – but how these become embedded in the social fabric of a community is a completely different story. The story of...
View ArticleWinter Activities
The winter season is upon us in the northern hemisphere and in Scandinavia that means few hours of daylight, low temperatures and less people spending time outdoors in our cities and public spaces. But...
View ArticleReflecting on Urban Play in Denmark
A sign declaring, “Please Don’t Touch” sits in front of an indestructible 12 meter tall steel sculpture in Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park. Oblivious to the warnings, kids run up to play on the...
View ArticleFormer Gas Station fuels Community
Once upon a time, a city’s affluence could be measured by its transportation infrastructure: a constant flow of traffic pulsing along asphalt veins, reaching outwards from the heart of the city was an...
View ArticleWinter City Prototype at Frost Festival
Prototype of the Winter City winning project: DAG by Torpe & Kunzynski For the past few months, I have been part of the jury for the Winter City competition, initiated by Frost Festival and Open...
View ArticleA city for men and women, boys and girls
I was recently approached by two Danish teenage girls – Mira and Camille – who wanted to do a project about ‘urban worlds’ in Copenhagen, and it immediately sparkled my curiosity – why the interest in...
View ArticleThe London Study Tour(ist)
Guided walking tour of Shoreditch with Igloo near Arnold Circus In the Gehl Architects family, annual study trips are a well-loved tradition; partly because it is important to keep a social office, but...
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