Forum lecturer
Jan Gehl is a Danish architect and former professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is a founding Partner of Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants. Gehl’s focus is on creating cities for people. In his work he advocates an improvement of the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. He is a loud advocate of designing not for the sake of capital or form, but around human behaviour.
Jan Gehl is author of numerous books, amongst which are Life between Buildings, New City Spaces, Public Spaces – Public Life, New City Life and Cities for people. His city improvement projects include Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rotterdam, London, Amman, Muscat, Melbourne, Sydney, San Francisco, Seattle and New York. He is an honorary fellow of RIBA, AIA, RAIC, and PIA.
Jan Gehl comes in Bulgaria with the support of Embassy of Denmark in Sofia and Agency for culture and Palaces.
