BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:757@live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260922T193000 DTSTAMP:20260623T161754Z URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/lewis-mumford-lecture -from-crisis-to-proximity-a-new-social-contract-for-cities-featuring-carlo s-moreno/ SUMMARY:Lewis Mumford Lecture: "From Crisis to Proximity: A New Social Cont ract for Cities\," Featuring Carlos Moreno DESCRIPTION:\nPlease join us on Tuesday\, September 22nd\, 2026\, at 6 pm f or our prestigious Lewis Mumford Lecture. This year\, we are honored to we lcome renowned multidisciplinary researcher and urban thinker Carlos Moren o\, who will present his lecture\, "From Crisis to Proximity: A New Social Contract for Cities."\n\nThis lecture is free\, open to the public\, and will be held in the Great Hall of Shepard Hall. Live captioning and ASL in terpretation will be available upon request. For access requests or questi ons\, please contact ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu. \nPlease RSVP here.\nCarlos M oreno\, a French-Colombian scholar based in Paris since age 20\, is Profes sor at IAE Paris–Sorbonne and Scientific Director of the ETI Chair. A mu ltidisciplinary researcher\, he is internationally recognized for innovati ve ideas to improve urban life. Creator of the “15-Minute City\,” he r eceived the 2022 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour. He is a member of the French Academy of Technologies\, the International Academy of Architecture\, the American Academy of Housing and Communities\, and Sigma Xi. Widely awarde d and influential\, his writings appear in 14 languages\, and he is regard ed as one of the world’s leading contemporary urban thinkers.\n\n"From C risis to Proximity: A New Social Contract for Cities": Today’s urban cri ses — climate disruption\, rising inequalities\, mobility pressure\, hou sing shortages\, and social fragmentation — lie at the heart of deterior ating well-being and quality of life. In a predominantly urban world\, it is essential to pursue deep reflection and decisive action to transform th is malaise through new urban approaches. Throughout history\, proximity — the capacity for people to remain connected — has been a key lever f or rebuilding social cohesion. This lecture argues that we must go further and establish a new social contract for cities\, grounded in proximity as a civic\, ecological\, and economic principle. By rethinking how we organ ise time\, space\, and everyday access\, proximity provides a powerful fra mework for transforming urban life. Concepts such as the “x-minute city ” and “high-quality social life” demonstrate how human-scale ecosyst ems can reduce carbon emissions\, ease daily stress\, strengthen communiti es\, and create new forms of economic value. In this vision\, proximity is neither a trend nor a lifestyle choice\, but a structural response to the crises shaping urban futures — one that can make cities more humane\, i nclusive\, and resilient. As a new urban era emerges\, proximity becomes t he cornerstone of a renewed pact between citizens\, institutions\, and ter ritories\, enabling people not only to live in cities but to flourish in t hem.\n\nSuggested Reading: Moreno\, Carlos. "The 15-Minute City: A Solutio n to Saving Our Time and Our Planet." Wiley\, 2024.\n\nImage Credits: Thom as Baltès (portrait)\; WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities (all others )\n\nStatement of Conduct:\n\nThe City College of New York\, founded on a vision of access to excellence\, educates thousands of students each year and encourages civic and robust debate\, respectful dissent\, and thoughtf ul inquiry.\n\nConsistent with this commitment\, City College supports aca demic freedom and convenes conversations representing multiple perspective s throughout the year. The views expressed at events are those of the indi vidual speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the colleg e.\n\nAll participants are expected to treat others with respect and consi deration\, uphold personal and professional integrity\, and comply with al l applicable College policies and venue rules.\nAbout the Lewis Mumford Le cture:\n\nEach spring\, the Spitzer School of Architecture and its Urban D esign Program present the Lewis Mumford Lecture and seminar. Named for wri ter\, architecture critic\, and urbanist Lewis Mumford\, who attended City College\, the series invites the world’s most distinguished urbanists t o speak freely and publicly about the future of cities and the social purp oses of architecture. This series was initiated by the late Michael Sorkin \, distinguished professor of architecture and director of the Urban Desig n Program at the Spitzer School\, and curated by him for eleven years.\nPr evious Lewis Mumford Lecturers:\n2004 Jane Jacobs\n2005 Mike Davis\n2006 E nrique Peñalosa\n2007 Amartya Sen\n2008 David Harvey\n2009 Paul Auster\n2 011 Richard Sennett\n2012 Janette Sadik-Khan\n2013 Marshall Berman\n2014 T heaster Gates\n2015 Rebecca Solnit\n2022 Yasmeen Lari\n2023 Emily Badger\n 2024 David Gissen\n2025 Aimi Hamraie CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Mumford Lectures LOCATION:Shepard Hall\, 160 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10031\, United States GEO:40.8216144;-73.9479427 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=160 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Shepard Hall:ge o:40.8216144,-73.9479427 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR