Jan Gehl on Good City Building

For those knowledgable of the work and words of Gehl – he is responsible for the pedestrianization of streets in Copenhagen, New York, and elsewhere, and the author of numerous books on architecture and cities, including his classic Life Between Buildings – will find some familiar refrains from the 81-year-old architect. Nevertheless, the 37-minute interview is worth watching for the way it expresses the principles of Gehl's practice – e.g. the importance of human scale – through his words, which are interspersed between images of his home city of Copenhagen, where Gehl's efforts have had the greatest impact.