SYNOPSIS (DANSK)
I dag lever halvtreds procent af verdens befolkning i byer. Dette antal forventes at stige til 80 procent inden år 2050. Megabyer er både fortryllende og skræmmende. Men hvordan planlægger vi disse byer på en måde, som tager hensyn til menneskets behov og adfærd? I filmen tager Andreas Møl Dalgaard os med til byer som København, Los Angeles, New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Melbourne, Christchurch, Siena og Dhaka, hvor Jan Gehl og Gehl Architects har arbejdet med netop den udfordring.

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SYNOPSIS (ENGLISH)
Gigantic systems of high-rise buildings and high ways. Humans who live their life in separate concrete boxes. Life in the cities is modern and enchanting but how do we plan these cities in a way, which takes human behavior into account? The revolutionary architect Jan Gehl and his colleagues  are on a mission, they want to bring cities to life. They want to design the cities in a way, which takes sustainability and human needs for inclusion and intimacy into account. They want to free the cities from the invasion of cars and thereby create space for pedestrians and bikeways.

The Human Scale is an aesthetic experience: a science fiction documentary from a future which is already present.

PRODUCTION FACTS
Instruktør / Director: Andreas M. Dalsgaard
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real
Produceret med støtte fra / Produced with support from: Realdania.

Længde / Duration: 77 & 57 min
Undertekster / Subtitles: Dansk & English