![]() On March 13 th, Denmark was one of the first countries to “lock-down”, closing businesses, stores, restaurants and schools. With support from the City of Copenhagen and the Foundation Realdania, the Gehl team quickly mobilized to understand how people use the city when only the most essential and basic functions in the city are open. Using our digital platform, we carried out observational data collection in four Danish cities. Therefore the way that cities leverage the public realm as part of a their re-opening strategy could hold far reaching social and economic consequences in addition to the obvious health impacts. With no vaccine or cure available for the pandemic, physical space has now become the mechanism to fight, prevent, and control the spread, while providing the intrinsic benefits these places offer. Israels Plads (Copenhagen) in 2018 & 2020
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