Sierra Club: “The Human Scale” Documentary

Our September Lion’s Field event is The Human Scale, a film about the work of Danish architect Jan Gehl. It deals with his studies of the human scale of cities and how they can be designed or improved to make them more interactive and inclusive. This event is free and open to the public. In its review of the film, Variety notes that: Andreas M. Dalsgaard’s excellent urban-planning documentary should enthuse pedestrians, bike riders and public-space proponents everywhere. Taking as its model the work of Danish architect Jan Gehl, “The Human Scale” makes an excellent case for designing cities around people instead of automobiles, traffic flow having dominated city planning since the 1960s.