In 2007 City of Sydney Council employed Gehl Architects to carry out a study and provide recommendations for the future of the city's design. Its an incredibly dense document, with a lot for Sydney to think about, but is its primary position correct? Exactly what areas of Sydney does it see as valid?
Gehl Architects Data Report
Gehl Architects Recommendations
Gehl Architects Data Report
Gehl Architects Recommendations
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Thanks to all our affiliate links and their bloggers! We have discussed a number of issues relating to the Gehl Report and a few things stand out as major criticisms.
1, there is no denying that the report is completely Eurocentric, a discussion of the history of Sydney is completely absent. Australian Urban Design History remains absent from the report. Lifestyles of Sydneysiders are different to that of Europe. Gehl seems to presume that Sydney can turn in Copenhagen.
2, Verticality in the city is completely ignored. The only engagement with views and any level beyond the ground or underground mall is criticism of the Cahill Expressway.
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