How to promote the 15-minute city?
We participated in the Proximity Planning International Congress
The human scale in cities, the possibility of being able to access all services within a radius that allows walking are two issues that have been studied for years with the aim of making cities more friendly for their inhabitants.
The 3rd UPM Forum ‘15-minute city & health’ and the ‘Proximity planning International congress’ took place in Madrid from 26th to 28th June. Organised by the Polytechnic University of Madrid in collaboration with the Berkley University of California, the Technische Universität München and the University of Azuay (Ecuador), they analysed from different disciplines how to promote the proximity city, dealing with topics such as housing, urban design, infrastructures, planning tools, resource allocation or social interaction.
Among the speakers were researchers of the stature of Carlos Moreno (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University); Daniel Rodriguez (University of California, Berkeley); Inés Sánchez de Madariaga (UNESCO Chair on Gender/UN-Habitat/UPM), Adriana Hurtado (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and Cecilia Silva (Universidade de Porto).
For its part, the IDOM Large Scale team participated with two presentations. On the one hand, Tono Fernández Usón presented our experience in ‘International cases: Incremental density. Transferability back and forth for more sustainable urban environments’, participating in a round table discussion with experts from Madrid City Council and the University of Alicante, coordinated by José Carpio from the UPM.
On the other hand, Victoria Fernández Áñez and Paco Alfaro Anguita explained the basic points of the paper selected by the congress: ‘Beyond “The Line”. City of proximity concept in new urban developments in extreme climate locations’, focused on a methodology for evaluating the City of proximity that evaluates density, diversity and proximity indicators and integrates climate indicators. Different areas of IDOM, such as Building Physics and Smart Cities, have participated in the development of this tool.
Finally, our colleague Javier Álvarez de Tomás presented, on behalf of IDOM, the ‘Young Researcher’ award to the best young researcher (under 35 years of age), selected by a committee made up of representatives from the different participating universities and IDOM.
Do you want to know more? Access the conference proceedings.
