A NEW CHARTER OF ATHENS, by RICHARD SENNETT, 10 NOVEMBER, 5:30 PM

Sir Arthur Marshall Lecture, hosted by the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge where Professor Sennett is Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor in Urban Design. The lecture will be held at the Faculty of Law, West Road, Cambridge. There will be a reception afterwards.

The title of the lecture is ‘A New Charter of Athens’ and Richard has written the following about it:

‘Next year sees the opening of Habitat III, the environmental congress held every twenty years by the United Nations.  For this event, a manifesto is being prepared about the design of cities.  It aims to replace the guidance given by Le Corbusier and others nearly a century ago, in document they called “The Charter of Athens.”  The new Charter of Athens addresses issues emerging in the 21rst Century about environmental crises, the uses of technology and big data, and the challenge of social inclusion.  The lecture serves as an introduction to this modest proposal.’

This promises to be a significant milestone in contemporary urban thinking. There is no charge for tickets, but places must be booked in advance.

Unfortunately for me this clashes with a seminar I am giving at the LSE on Foucault’s collaborative projects.