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2018 European Prize for Urban Public Space

The international jury of the European for Urban Public Space, which met at the CCCB on 18 and 19 April, has selected the 25 finalist projects for this year’s award.

Representing the best public space interventions in European cities in 2016 and 2017, these works are among the 279 candidates coming from 32 countries. The Prize recognises the creation, recovery and improvement of public spaces, and understands their state as a clear indicator of the democratic health of our cities.

The international jury of the European for Urban Public Space, which met at the CCCB on 18 and 19 April, has selected the 25 finalist projects for this year’s award. Representing the best public space interventions in European cities in 2016 and 2017, these works are among the 279 candidates coming from 32 countries. The Prize recognises the creation, recovery and improvement of public spaces, and understands their state as a clear indicator of the democratic health of our cities.

This year’s jury, chaired by the architect Olga Tarrasó, representing the CCCB, consisted of Matevž Čelik, director of the Museum of Architecture and Design of Ljubljana; Hans Ibelings, Dutch historian and architecture critic; Ewa P. Porebska, Warsaw-based architect and editor-in-chief of the magazine Architektura-murator; Francis Rambert, director of La Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris; Peter Cachola Schmal, director of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt; Katharina Ritter, representing the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna); and Ellis Woodman, director of The Architecture Foundation, London.

The final decision of the Jury will be made public at the awards ceremony which is to be held at the CCCB on 20 June. The 25 finalist projects will be published in the online Archive, which brings together the best projects that have been presented since the Prize was inaugurated in 2000.

This year will see the tenth award of the Prize, which has become a privileged observatory of good practices testifying to the prolific construction of public spaces all around Europe.

The 25 finalist projects are:

Cuypers Passage
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 2016

k187 si Jannes Linders

Poblenou “Superblock”
Barcelona (Spain), 2017

k081 si Ajuntament de Barcelona

Street Square
Barcelona (Spain), 2017

k293 si José Hevia

Playground Landscape “Be-MINE”
Beringen (Belgium), 2016

k181 si Carve (Hannah Schubert)

I’m a monument!
Berlin (Germany), 2017

K226 si KARO*

Memorial 22/3
Brussels (Belgium), 2017

k194 si Michiel De Cleene

Monument for an Open Society
Brussels (Belgium), 2018

k156 si Filip Dujardin

Community Kitchen in Terras da Costa
Costa de Caparica (Portugal), 2017

k240 si Fernando Guerra+Sérgio Guerra

Temporary Stage
Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine), 2017

k299 si STAGE

Zollverein Park
Essen (Germany), 2018

k127 si Claudia Dreyße; Planergruppe

Third Garden
Florence (Italy), 2017

k253 si studio ++

Renovation of the Himara Waterfront
Himara (Albania), 2016

k195 si Bureau Bas Smets

Rehabilitation of the Alameda Manuel Ricardo Espirito Santo
Lisboa (Portugal), 2017

k100 si FG+SG FOTOGRAFIA DE ARQUITETURA

Carmo Convento Chiado Connection
Lisboa (Portugal), 2016

k119 si Fernando Guerra FG+SG – Fotografia de Arquitectura www.ultimasreportagens.com

Blue House Yard
London (United Kingdom), 2017

k012 si Jan Kattein Architects

Lea River Park
London (United Kingdom), 2018

k191 si 5th Studio

Recovery of the ENCI Quarry
Maastricht (The Netherlands), 2018

k219 si Rademacher/de Vries

PC Caritas
Melle (Belgium), 2016

k015 si Filip Dujardin

The Fold’s Childhood
Meyrin (Switzerland), 2017

k158 no photo credit required

Bringing Gardens Back
Moscow (Russia), 2017

k287 si Moscow Municipal Services Complex

Refurbishment of Vacant Spaces «Les Courtillières»
Pantin (France), 2018

k243 si Antoine Espinasseau, Photographer DR.

Skanderbeg Square
Tirana (Albany), 2017

k056 si Filip Dujardin

Niel Garden
Toulouse (France), 2016

k295 si MICHELE&MIQUEL

Renewal of the Seafront Promenade
Vlorë (Albania), 2017

K225 si Matthias Van Rossen

A Square and a Playground below the Castle
Škofja Loka (Slovenia), 2017

k282 si Virginia Vrecl

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is an initiative by the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) co-organized by:

– The Architecture Foundation (London),
– the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna),
– the Institut Français d’Architecture / la 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).

All the information about the Prize available here: European Prize for Urban Public Space 2018 Finalists

All photos courtesy of CCB

Location: Barcelona, Europe

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European Prize for Architecture 2017 winner – Architect Manuelle Gautrand:

photograph : Joëlle Dolle

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photo from Marco Casagrande