Pedestrian Orientated Design

Today, Jan Gehl, is recognised as a follower of Jane Jacobs, who are known as the “grandmother” of urbanism and humanist planning. Fifty years ago Jane Jacobs said: “Go out there and see what works and what doesn’t works, and then learn from reality. Look out of your windows, spend some time in the streets and squares and see how peoples actually use the spaces, learn from that, and use it.”

Studying Jan Gehl's methods and typologies as part of a project to do with urban design, I have looked at suitable areas where his methods could have possibly been applied. The following sketches show Port Elizabeth's CBD and how it has been orientated towards the design for the pedestrian.