THE HUMAN SCALE

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‘Human Scale’ sleepwalks through pro-pedestrian cities topic

The documentary “The Human Scale” explores and celebrates the successful pedestrianization of various cities around the globe, particularly those that have been modified under the visionary eye of Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl.

-LOS ANGELES TIMES

Making Cities Work for People

“It seems like you’re at a tipping point between becoming L.A. or becoming Copenhagen,”

-THE NEW YORK TIMES

Andreas M. Dalsgaard's excellent urban-planning documentary should enthuse pedestrians, bike riders and public-space proponents everywhere.

“The Human Scale” makes an excellent case for designing cities around people instead of automobiles, traffic flow having dominated city planning since the 1960s.

-VARIETY

THE HUMAN SCALE / 2012

Half of the human population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this will increase to 80%. Life in a megacity is both enchanting and problematic.

Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues due to our way of life. But why? The Danish architect and professor Jan Gehl has studied human behavior in cities through four decades.

He has documented how modern cities repel human interaction, and argues that we can build cities in a way, which takes human needs for inclusion and intimacy into account.

'The Human Scale' meets thinkers, architects and urban planners across the globe. It questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people into the centre of our planning.

 
CREDITS

Writer & Director
ANDREAS DALSGAARD

Producers
SIGNE BYRGE SØRENSEN
ANNE KÖHNCKE
MARIA KRISTENSEN
MONICA HELLSTRØM
ANDREAS DALSGAARD


Edited by
SØREN B. EBBE
NICOLAS NØRGAARD STAFFOLANI

Music by 
KRISTIAN SELIN EIDNES ANDERSEN

Cinematography by
MANUEL ALBERTO CLARO HEIKKI FÄRM
CASPER HØYBERG
ADAM PHILP
RENÉ STRANDBYGAARD


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