15 minute city

How can Carlos Moreno, with a background in highly specialised modes of state control, be promulgating the virtues of open democracy in his 15-minute city?

What will the cities of the future look like? What will change, and what will remain? And how do we make sure we don’t leave anyone behind on the way there? By co-creating cities, we can design places where everyone can live, work, and play.

-Premise Before the lock-downs around the world, our lives were plagued by long commutes, leaving us with little time for ourselves, our families and our friends. Traffic polluted our air and smog blanketed our skylines. The pandemic hit the pause button on us. The switch to “working from home” made us question the futility of multi – hour commutes. What if we could reclaim our time, health, well-being and our communities for the better? This is the idea behind a 15-minute city – a way to…

See the Top 30 shortlisted designs for the 15-Minute City Urban Design & Planning Competition organized by the Charette.

Chapman Taylor's design for Dolmen City in Islamabad, Pakistan

The 15-Minute City Project is an information resource designed to help access-focused urban transformations be ambitious, inclusive, measurable and effective.

See the winning Urban Designs & Planning Concepts for the 15 Minute City 2022 Competition organized by the Charette.

A ULI member from Pittsburgh calls for the real estate industry to help broaden the discussion of infrastructure to include a range of enabling urban systems such as energy, water, food production, and material infrastructure—and this time design them for and with the people these systems serve.

Image 8 of 10 from gallery of KCAP Architects Unveils First 15-Minute City in Moscow. Courtesy of KCAP