From Paris, Let There Be Light
- Nov 16, 2024
- 1 min read
From François Hoehlinger
And there was light.
And it lit up our cobbled streets, made it possible to work later at night, made the streets safer, and it made it possible to travel, longer, further.
Join me for a completely exclusive interview with Leni Schwendinger, one of the world's most recognized experts as a light planner, notably representing the United States within LUCI, the international consortium of light planner experts based in Lyon. Chatting with Leni is like walking through a world of creativity, imagination and altered perception: this perception of security, transport and mobility in the city as we never see it.
With, at the heart of our discussions, the question of inclusion and gender equality in the face of a lack of light.
“A woman will never ride a bike at night if there is no light”....
Join me for an absolutely unexpected and exciting journey, as much as this meeting at a table in New York with Leni, an inspiring and visionary woman whose legacy is told in the streets of the most beautiful city in the world.
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