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25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Spain Architecture News - May 14, 2016 - 22:39   18356 views

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Ring of Memory: International Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (France), 2014.

The International Jury of the 9th European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016, meeting on 28 and 29 April at the CCCB, selected this year’s 25 finalists, representing the best interventions carried out in public space in European cities in 2014 and 2015. This year, 276 candidatures from 33 countries were submitted to the prize, which recognises the creation, recovery and improvement of public spaces, as clear indicators of the democratic health of our cities.

The international jury, on this occasion presided by the architect Enric Batlle on behalf of the CCCB, is made up of Matevz Celik, Director of the Museum of Architecture and Design of Ljubljana, Hans Ibelings, a Dutch architecture historian and critic, Juulia Kauste, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki, Ewa P. Porebska, an architect and architecture critic from Warsaw, Francis Rambert, Director of the Institut français d’architecture in Paris, Peter Schmal, Director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt, Dietmar Steiner, Director of the Architekturzentrum Wien, and Ellis Woodman, Director of the Architecture Foundation in London.

The jury’s verdict will be announced at the awards ceremony, to be held at the CCCB on 4 July 2016. The 25 finalist works will be included in the touring exhibition which, over the next two years, will be visiting various European cities. The works will also be published in the Online Archive, which contains the best projects submitted since the Prize was created in 2000. The Prize has become a recognised showcase of the evolution of public space in Europe, and is a finger on the pulse of the main concerns of European cities today.

See the 25 finalists below: 

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Temporary bridge over Charleroi canal Brussels (Belgium), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Wooden benches in the main square Bürchen (Switzerland), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Vantage point and protective building at Genovés Park Cadiz (Spain), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Recovery of the irrigation system of the spa allotments Caldes de Montbui (Spain), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

R-Urban: network of urban commons Colombes (France), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Nørreport Station Copenhagen (Denmark), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Remodelling of Tåsinge Square Copenhagen (Denmark), 2014

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Cykelslangen cycle bridge Copenhagen (Denmark), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Public baths in the harbour Fåborg-Midtfyn (Denmark), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

New lift to the historic centre Gironella (Spain), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

New Coastal Defence Katwijk (The Netherlands), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Garden of the Heavenly Hundred Kiev (Ukraine), 2016

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Barkingside town centre improvements London (UK), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Escaravox Madrid (Spain), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

New multiuse porch Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Belgium), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Decoration of Sant Miquel Square Olot (Spain), 2015

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Arquipélago, contemporary art centre Ribeira Grande (Portugal), 2014

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Silence! Riga (Latvia), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Test site Rotterdam (The Netherlands), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Cycle network between Santa Pola and Alacant Santa Pola (Spain), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Przelomy Centre for Dialogue in Solidarnosc Square Szczecin (Poland), 2015.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Clearing in the wood Uster (Switzerland), 2014.

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Remodelling of the Promenada Velenje (Slovenia), 2014

25 works shortlisted for the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2016

Fish market Vodice (Croatia), 2015.

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is an initiative of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), organized jointly with The Architecture Foundation (London), the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna), the Institut français d’architecture / Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine (Paris), the Museum of Finnish Architecture (Helsinki), the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (Frankfurt) and the Museum of Architecture and Design (Ljubljana).

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