Gehl Architects have entered into a partnership with the Karel Komárek Family Foundation

Since 2006, KKFF has acted as an initiator and partner in the transformation of public spaces in cities. The foundation considers its collaboration with Gehl Architects a crucial impetus for deepening dialogue with city representatives, experts, and other partners about how to create public spaces that exemplify people’s needs.

The foundation will gradually make the inspiring and internationally proven approaches of Danish architects accessible to the wider public through its “City Transformations ” program. A key approach to expand the foundation’s role is so-called human scale urbanism, which places people, their behavior, needs, and everyday experience with the urban environment, at the center of city planning. This approach is based on structured data collection and its interpretation in a broader social and cultural context.

“Alongside KKFF, we share the fundamental goal of helping to create cities where people come first. We believe our experience can significantly help the foundation increase the positive impact of public space transformations on the everyday lives of city residents. We will focus not only on engaging people, but also on smaller temporary interventions that help people better understand how public space is actually used. We will also participate in data evaluation and help the foundation select suitable projects for future transformations,” said Morten Kjer Jeppesen, who leads Gehl Architects’ European Urban Design team.

Read more at: komarekfoundation.org