1. According to what you learned in the documentary, what are some of the chief components of making cities “human scale?” How do these qualities match up with what we’ve learned from the intimacy of Fluxus instructions and Learning to Love You More assignments as well as Tactical Urbanism and Street Reclaiming? Be sure to discuss connections to all four (Fluxus, LTLYM, TU, SR) with examples and some detail of your views on the links between Gehl’s approach and these.
Fluxus instructions make me feel like they are trying to bring people getting closer and reduce the distance between people. They are some little experiments of how to make our lives better by doing those experiments. It provides people an opportunity to experience the differences. Learning to Love You More kind of raises the awareness of people of how important it is to build our public spaces into a place that we all want to spend more time out there. It brings out some projects to show us the success of these projects and let us understand better of the meaning of street reclaiming.Then we go to Street Reclaiming, which Engwicht brought up the idea of building the public space like “home”, and actually showing us how those street reclaiming change people’s living conditions and how they can get people involved into those community activities. Finally,
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Sprawling cities’ design is not very suitable for vehicles, since mostly the roads are narrower and it is hard to drive on these roads. Also, some roads are not designed for cars, so there is no way they can drive. It will also benefit those people who love biking and walking because it provides them more opportunities to bike and walk with friends. Also, I think it will benefit children as well. If there is fewer traffics on the streets, which means they have more space to play and have fun