Work Update Aug. 10, 2016
SplashJam in Action
Last weekend the project team was on-site, for the first time during the intervention, to observe and measure public life…
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Dialogue Jul. 5, 2016
Exposure, Exposure, Exposure
Research in anthropology, psychology and sociology has proven that a high degree of social mixing fosters understanding, tolerance and respect…
Work Mar. 20, 2018
Open Call: Proposals for Public Life
In early 2017, Gehl Institute invited community design organizations to apply to its Open Call program: Proposals for Public Life.…
Dialogue Dec. 20, 2017
Activating Baltimore’s Ynot Lot
This is Part 1 in our series on Gehl Institute’s Open Call: Proposals for Public Life. Throughout Summer 2017, we…
News Sep. 11, 2017
Announcing the winners of our Open Call!
Gehl Institute is thrilled to announce the winners of our Open Call: Proposals for Public Life competition!
Report Feb. 28, 2017
The Public Life Diversity Toolkit 2.0
We explored the role of public space design in creating opportunities for social mixing between people of different socioeconomic backgrounds.…
Dialogue Dec. 2, 2016
Neighborhood Plazas as Everyday Life
A conversation with Ewa Westermark and Julia D Day about NYC’s Plazas and Gehl’s ongoing evaluation of their social impact
Work Sep. 1, 2016
Social Space Experiments and Interventions
Upon its founding in 2015, Gehl Institute initiated a series of experiments to explore the role of public space in…
News Jul. 12, 2016
Gehl Institute Welcomes Executive Director
A further sign of Gehl Institute’s commitment to thoughtful research and experimentation, and its desire to foster a new wave…
Work Update Jul. 4, 2016
Play in Plazas
Does Inviting for Kids Increase Socioeconomic Diversity?Will making public spaces better for children increase the socioeconomic diversity of visitors? In…