In Soft City David Sim, partner and creative director at Gehl, shows how this is possible, presenting ideas and graphic examples from around the globe. He draws from his vast design experience to make a case for a dense and diverse built environment at a human scale, which he presents through a series of observations of older and newer places, and a range of simple built phenomena, some traditional and some totally new inventions.
Sim shows that increasing density is not enough. The soft city must consider the organization and layout of the built environment for more fluid movement and comfort, a diversity of building types, and thoughtful design to ensure a sustainable urban environment and society.
Soft City begins with the big ideas of happiness and quality of life, and then shows how they are tied to the way we live. The heart of the book is highly visual and shows the building blocks for neighborhoods: building types and their organization and orientation; how we can get along as we get around a city; and living with the weather. As every citizen deals with the reality of a changing climate, Soft City explores how the built environment can adapt and respond.
Soft City offers inspiration, ideas, and guidance for anyone interested in city building. Sim shows how to make any city more efficient, more livable, and better connected to the environment.
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Our Woodbridge office getting together for their first 🙌Book Club Night! Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life by David Sim has been a great read so far! It challenges us to imagine what it might be like to design urban spaces as habitats that invite human flourishing💡 https://t.co/bRRuc0nG4w
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Great conversation with David Sim, @ruben_segovia, @LBallesterosM & @edelamadrid on how to build a ‘Soft City’ that better serves its citizens to connect with other people, place & planet. Think of the city as a solution to our challenges. @FuturoCiudades @EAAD_Tec @CoReCiudades https://t.co/BObJRCDdaE
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@mnolangray Go here. Can walk from Shibuya… David Sim of Soft City gave me this advice and it was a magical place, the book shop but also the surrounding neighborhood. https://t.co/Ue8kS4sPMG