Retail Consumption Urban Housing "Covid-19 shows the immense need for public space" "During lockdown, when people were actually missing public spaces, they still chose not to use the traditional retail spaces. Because they’re not considered to be high quality public spaces anymore," says Kristian Villadsen, partner at urban strategy firm Gehl, in an interview. Video 01.10.2020 Watch now
Retail Consumption Urban Kristian Villadsen: ”We need cities where it is easy to do good” We need to create cities where the most comfortable and simple lifestyle is also the healthiest and most sustainable, says Kristian Villadsen, partner and director at the renowned Danish architectural firm Gehl Architects. At the GDI Retail Summit and here in this interview, Villadsen reveals how the city's retail sector can reinvent itself after Covid-19. Interview 09.06.2020 Learn more
Retail Consumption Mobility Urban Thomas Sevcik: "Cities are not waiting for traditional retail" Thomas Sevcik is co-founder of the think tank arthesia and one of the masterminds behind the Autostadt project in Wolfsburg. At the GDI Retail Summit and here in this interview, he talks about the changing shopping behaviour of the middle classes, the role of retail in the city and the dematerialisation of consumption. Interview 28.05.2020 Learn more
Society Urban Economy R-Design, or how our everyday life becomes Corona-safe The fight against Corona becomes a life with Corona. A new lifestyle is born. In order for concerts, trade fairs and football matches to take place again, organisers and industry must also take unpopular measures, writes GDI researcher Detlef Gürtler. 16.04.2020 Learn more
Society Urban Economy How COVID-19 forces retailers to rethink It is not yet certain how consumers will behave in the "New Normal" after the peak of the crisis. What is clear is that ideas and developments are already emerging in the retail sector that would not have existed without the pandemic. Three examples. 16.04.2020 Learn more
Mobility Urban Housing Six topics: how cities will change after the Covid 19 lockdown In cities, proximity prevails, but the pandemic requires physical distance. How can this dilemma be solved? And how will the public space change? GDI researcher Marta Kwiatkowski identifies six topics that will shape the post-coronavirus city. 28.05.2020 Learn more
Retail Consumption Urban How Paris protects its quarters from desolation In Paris, the preservation of a manifold retail landscape is a public task. Semaest, a company commissioned by the city, buys shop premises and rents them out to small retailers at favourable rates. Semaest director Emmanuelle Hoss explains here and at the GDI Retail Summit how she is protecting the shopping districts of Paris from desolation. 12.08.2020 Learn more
Food Retail Urban Farming in the Underground: Paul Myers Agricultural Revolution Biologist Paul Myers has one objective: he wants to change our relationship to food. He says traditional production methods are no longer sustainable in an increasingly urban society. Myers' alternative lies in the middle of the city, under the soil. 20.02.2020 Learn more