Aditi Gupta | 2019
Chapter 3 Literature Review Jan Gehl’s – Life between Buildings “Only architecture that considers human scale and interaction is successful Architecture” Jan gehl Planning should be primarily considered with day-to-day activities that happen in life. “Life between buildings” is a book written by Jan gehl in 1971. This book is about social the activities taking place in outdoor spaces that happen within the built environment. Throughout history, human beings have been dedicated to creating small, intimate, safe and friendly environments. It is only in the last century that we have built spaces in faster and bigger ways. (Gehl, 2012) The book also explores the activities that take place in urban context, how they contribute to the quality of life in the cities, the factors that enhance or hinder this life and the measure which can take to improve life between buildings and the city life experience. Jan gehl’s approach of designing always starts with people’s lifestyle and their behavior. In today’s time due to the growth of car and technologies in terms of transport and communication a lot has changed in city and life. But despite of that, our bodies reacts the same way as it used to do thousand years ago. We are designed to walk and our senses functions properly at the walking speed, but lately cities are designed for private automobile and not for pedestrian. To enable and encourage the social interaction, we need to create such places which are safe, sound and attractive so that people spend their time peacefully and ensure that the environment is conductive to seeing, hearing and talking while walking.
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