The Bo01 neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden, initiated as a part of the city’s 2001 European Housing Exposition, is among the neighbourhoods discussed by Jan Gehl in the book Mission Neighbourdood - (Re)forming Communities (The Danish Architectural Press, 2023). Small plots, and a variety of developers and architects make for a diverse neighbourhood in the Swedish city. The area really works with different types of public, semi-public, semi-private and private spaces. There are many openings and doors in the buildings — buildings that are generally not too high either. Some buildings are twisted a little bit to create variation in the streetscapes, which also helps, says Gehl in the interview.

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