Film: Human Scale, featuring Jan Gehl

From email:

The IDB Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative and the IDB Cultural Center in the Office of External Relations present:

The Human Scale - Bringing Cities to Life
2012 - 83 mins - Denmark - Color - English - Written and Directed by Andreas M. Dalsgaard)

Wednesday December 11, 2013 
6:30 p.m.
Inter American Development Bank
Enrique V. Iglesias Auditorium
1330 New York Avenue, Washington DC
Free

According to revolutionary Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl, if we are to make cities sustainable we must re-imagine the very foundations of urban planning. Gehl and his team meticulously study the in-between spaces of urban life, the places where people meet, interact, live, and behave. How do the spaces that surround us enhance or disturb our interactions with others?

Introduced by Jeff Risom, Partner, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen. The film will be followed by a panel discussion on cities designed for people.

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In the interim, we can read Gehl's book Cities for People published by Island Press.