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A toolkit for the 21st century city
Jan Gehl is one of the biggest advocates of cities for people. For those who are not very familiar with who he is, he is an architect based on Denmark that promotes walkable and sustainable cities. He describes today’s cities as modernistic, a 20th century movement that became dominant after the World War II. Modern architecture is that one which uses particularly concrete, glass, steel, and that eventually gave birth to the skyscrapers that we know today. Specifically, Gehl