«Life in a city is like blood in your veins», says Helle Søholt, one of the leading urban planners and co-founder of Gehl, an architecture / urban planning firm which has grown to gain international recognition for their work in making cities for people. She believes that our cities must become more people-friendly. I chatted to Helle Søholt about what that means for the real estate sector in Switzerland specifically and what the towns and smart cities of the future will look like.

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