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20

May
2024
UIA Architecture, Cities and Territories Work Program presents Expert Talk 01: Proximity: Well-being in the City of the Future
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UIA

Architecture, Cities and Territories

Work Program presents Expert Talk 01:

Proximity: Well-being in the City of the Future

Expert Speaker:

Ar. Saverio Mecca,

Professor Emeritus of University of Florence

Date : 20 May 2024

Time: 1.30pm Paris time,

7.30pm HK time

Venue: Webinar

Language of the Talk:

English

Registeration:

https://sociedadcolombianadearquitectos.org/registro.../

Synopsis:

Proximity, which in a simplified way is communicated as '15-minute cities' or 'new neighbourhoods', has a material and immaterial, physical and relational, communication and emotion dimension. A proximity criterion contributes to the rebalancing of cities and territories, guaranteeing every citizen the right to equal opportunities, regardless of geographical location, gender or income.

An urban and territorial policy that promotes sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics, as proposed by the Next Generation EU and the NewEuropean Bauhaus project, cannot but have proximity as a core value.

Saverio Mecca, has been Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and then of Department of Architecture of University of Florence. He works in the academic research in the field of architectural heritage and sustainable development project and risk management.