#PUBLICSPACE16 EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR

URBAN PUBLIC SPACE

2016

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION DOSSIER

The form of the city is intimately related with democracy.

This is the thesis of the European Prize for Urban Public

Space which, since 2000, has recognised and publicised

the results of transformations and improvements in Europe’s

public spaces.

Cities are far from being idyllic paradises. Some of the most

serious problems in today’s society are concentrated and

expressed in public space. Fortunately, however, there are

also many exemplary cases of improvement in European

public spaces, which are sensitive to the context and

respect the collective and social dimensions of urban life.

Sixteen years on from its beginnings, the European Prize

for Urban Public Space is a privileged observatory of the

democratic quality of our cities.

CONVENING INSTITUTIONS Over time, several

prestigious European institutions have joined the project.

Although the CCCB is the driving force behind the Prize and

the activities deriving from it, the project is presently co-

organised by the Architekturzentrum Wien of Vienna (AzW),

La Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine of Paris (Cité),

Museum of Architecture and Design of Ljubljana (MAO), the

Museum of Finnish Architecture of Helsinki (MFA), the

Deutsches Architekturmuseum of Frankfurt (DAM) and The

Architecture Foundation of London (AF). Their directors are

members of the Prize jury, which is presided over by an

architect representing the CCCB.

2016 INTERNATIONAL JURY FOR THE NINTH AWARD

ENRIC BATLLE, architect. President of the

2016 Jury. Landscape architect and tenured

lecturer at the Department of Urban and

Territorial Planning at the Technical

University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona

PETER CACHOLA SCHMAL, director of the

Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM),

Frankfurt

MATEVŽ ČELIK, director of the Museum of

Architecture and Design (MAO), Ljubljana

HANS IBELINGS, historian, critic and

Architecture professor. Editor and publisher

of The Architecture Observer,

Amsterdam/Montreal

JUULIA KAUSTE, director of the Museum

of Finnish Architecture (MFA), Helsinki

EWA P. POREBSKA, architect and

architecture critic, chief editor of the

Architektura-murator magazine, Warsaw

FRANCIS RAMBERT, director of the Institut

Français d'Architecture (Cité de

l’Architecture et du Patrimonie), Paris

DIETMAR STEINER, former director of the

Architekturzentrum Wien (AzW), Wien

ELLIS WOODMAN, director of The

Architecture Foundation (AF) London

DAVID BRAVO, architect, representing the

CCCB, Secretary of the Jury, Barcelona

2016 BOARD OF EXPERTS FOR THE NINTH AWARD

The Board of Experts of the European Prize for Urban Public Space is an international and multidisciplinary network of people linked to the city

and public space. Its members recommend public space interventions that they deem particularly well accomplished to the Prize’s organizers.

This way, they strengthen the quality and the territorial representation of the works submitted.

Maria Auböck, Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

Gjergj Bakallbashi, Head of Urban Planning and Architecture Municipality of Tirana

Konrad Buhagiar, Architect, associate professor at the University of Malta

Viorica Buica, Architect, chief editor of the Igloo Magazine, Bucharest

Cosmin Caciuc, Architect, lecturer at the Ion Mincu University Bucharest

Luigi Centola, Architect, partner of Centola & Associati, Rome

Rodrigo Coelho, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto

Pelin Derviş, Architect, independent editor and curator, Istanbul

Marc Dubois, Architect, professor of the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, Ghent

Lubica Fabri, Publisher of architectural magazine ADMAGAZIN, Bratislava

Ljubo Georgiev, Architect, director of One Architecture Week, Sofia

Giovanni Ginocchini, Architect, director of the Bologna Urban Center

Zaklina Gligorijevic, Lead Planner in Urban Panning Institute of Belgrade

Kathrin Golda-Pongratz, Architect, University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt

Petra Griefing, Architect, Senior project leader at Stad en Architectuur, Leuven

Nicole Guichard, Sociologist, editor of leblogdelaville, Lyon

Valeri Gyurov, Architect, co-founder of Transformatori Association, Sofia

Konstantinos Ioannidis, Architect, University of Stavanger, Norway

Igor Kovačević, Director of the Centre for Central European Architecture, Prague

Piotr Lewicki, Biuro Projektów Lewicki Łatak architectural practice, Krakow

Michel Lussault, Geographer, lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Lyon

Mateja Medvedič, Architect, critic, production designer of film and television, Ljubljana

Dan Merta, Art curator, director of Galerie Jaroslava Fragnera, Prague

Ivan Mirkovski, Professor of Urbanism at the University American College in Skopje

Ludovica Molo, Architect, director of i2a istituto internazionale di architettura, Lugano

Maroje Mrduljas, Architecture critic, editor of the Oris Magazine, Zagreb

Shane O'Toole, Historian and architecture critic, Kilkenny, Ireland

Jelena Prokopljević, Serbian architect and researcher living in Barcelona

Joao Santa-Rita, Architect, President of the Portuguese Order of Architects, Lisbon

Olga Sezneva, Urban sociologist, Professor at European University, St. Petersburg

Maria Topolcanska, Critic and lecturer in architecture and urban culture, Bratislava

Elsa Turkusic Juric, Professor at the Faculty of Architecture University of Sarajevo

Ömer Yilmaz, Architect, Honorary Chair of Arkitera Architecture Center, Istanbul

Viktor Zotov, Chief architect of bureau Zotov & Co, Kiev

AWARD CERIMONY

The ceremony, at which the winners of the ninth award were announced, took place on 5th July 2016. Among those

attending the ceremony were the jury President Enric Batlle, the two Joint Winners and those who were awarded a

Special Mention and Special Recognition.

2016 EUROPEAN PRIZE FOR URBAN PUBLIC SPACE

The award is honorific and is conceded to both the architects

and the promoters of the winning interventions. In 2016, 276

projects from 205 cities and 33 European countries were

submitted for the Prize.

The awarded works, finalists and a selection of the best

projects will be published on the Prize’s online archive. The

archive brings together a selection of the best works presented

since the Prize was first offered in 2000.

The results and information about the 2016 European Prize for

Urban Public Space may be found at:

http://www.publicspace.org/en/prize/2016

2016 AWARDED PROJECTS. Joint Winners

RECOVERY OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM AT THE

THERMAL ORCHARDS. Caldes de Montbui (Spain),

2015

AUTHORS: Cíclica [space, community & ecology]

(Marta Serra and Elena Albareda) and Cavaa

Arquitectes (Jordi Calbetó)

DEVELOPER: Department of Public Spaces and

Sustainability of the Municipality of Caldes de Montbui

The orchards around the town are the focus of an

integral project to restore the old irrigation system of

thermal waters, reactivating agricultural activity and

opening up a network of pedestrian pathways.

DIALOGUE CENTRE «PRZELOMY» AT SOLIDARNOŚĆ SQUARE.

Szczecin (Poland), 2015

AUTHORS: KWK Promes. Robert Konieczny

DEVELOPER: National Museum of Szczecin

The place where sixteen demonstrating workers were killed in the

1970s has become the new Solidarity Square, while also acting as the

roof of an underground museum on the recent history of a city that was

seriously damaged during the Second World War.

2016 AWARDED PROJECTS. Special Mentions

«THE RING OF REMEMBRANCE»: THE NOTRE-DAME-DE-

LORETTE INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

(France), 2015

Author: Philippe Prost

Developer: Conseil Régional Nord Pas-de-Calais

An elliptical structure expresses the fragility of peace and shows the

names of more than half a million victims who lost their lives during the

First World War on the hill of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.

«HEAVENLY HUNDRED» GARDEN. Kiev (Ukraine), 2016

Author: NGO "Misto-sad“

Developers: volunteers from the "Misto-sad“ NGO, residents of Kiev

An empty lot is transformed into a memorial for the victims of the EuroMaidan

protests and, on an everyday basis, has a productive role as a self-managed

community vegetable garden.

BARKINGSIDE TOWN CENTRE. London (United Kingdom), 2015

Author: DK-CM

Developers: Greater London Authority, London Borough of Redbridge.

The windowless facades and neglected surrounds of a public library and

municipal sports centre acquire civic representativeness thanks to the addition

of a theatrical loggia, the new Virginia Gardens and improved shop fronts along

the adjacent high street.

NEW MULTI-PURPOSE CANOPY. Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (Belgium),

2015

Author: BAUKUNST

Developer: Commune de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

The construction of a monumental porch in a courtyard garden makes it

possible to accommodate a wide range of activities for residents in a

neighborhood with a complex social composition.

2016 AWARDED PROJECTS. Special Recognition

THE CITY OF COPENHAGEN (Denmark)

The Jury has decided to create a special category in order to recognise the public policies introduced and supported by the

city of Copenhagen. It hopes in this way to draw attention to its determination and persistence in reconquering public space

from private vehicles so that it may be used by pedestrians and cyclists. All of these policies are the result of a commitment

to ensuring that a good quality of urban life is available for everyone. This resolve is now patent in the considerable number

of interventions supported by the Copenhagen metropolitan area that were among the 25 finalists in this most recent edition

of the Prize.

"Cykelslangen“, new footbridge for bicycles, 2014 Nørreport Station, 2015 Refurbishment of Tåsinge Square, 2015

2016 AWARDED PROJECTS. Finalists

Temporary Bridge over the Charleroi Canal, Brussels

(Belgium), 2014

Wooden Benches for the Main Square, Bürchen

(Switzerland), 2015

Lookout and Protection Building of the Genovés Park,

Cádiz (Spain), 2015

«R-Urban»: Network of Urban Commons, Colombes

(France), 2014

Harbour Public Bath, Fåborg-Midtfyn (Denmark), 2014

New Lift to the Old City Centre, Gironella (Spain), 2015

New Coastal Defence Dyke, Katwijk (Netherlands), 2015

«Escaravox», Madrid (Spain), 2014

Embellishment of Sant Miquel Square, Olot (Spain), 2015

«Arquipélago», Contemporary Arts Centre, Ribeira

Grande (Portugal), 2014

«Mierīgi», Riga (Latvia), 2014

«Test site», Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2015

Cycleways Network between Santa Pola and

Alacant, Santa Pola (Spain), 2015

Forest Clearing, Uster (Switzerland), 2014

Renovation of «Promenada», Velenje (Slovenia), 2014

Fish Market, Vodice (Croatia), 2015

"Cykelslangen“, Copenhagen (Denmark ), 2015

Nørreport Station, Copenhagen (Denmark ), 2015

Refurbishment of Tåsinge Square, Copenhagen

(Denmark ), 2014

EXHIBITION CONTENT

PANELS

The panels consist of aluminum frames and printed fabrics, are modular and form a structure which can be hung on walls, from the

ceiling, etc.

The exhibition consists of the following items:

1 panel of introductory text (180 x 180 cm)

1 panel of credits (organisers, sponsors, agreed between the CCCB and host institution; 90x180 cm)

2 panels of the Joint Winners (450 cm x 180 cm each one and made of 3 pieces) and one panel 180 x 180 for video for each work

4 panels for the Special Mentions (270 cm x 180 cm each one and made of 2 pieces) and one panel 180 x 180 for each work for

video projection

1 panel for the Special Recognition (180 x 180 cm made of 2 pieces) and one panel 180 x 180 for video projection

4 panels for the Finalists (90 cm x 180 cm each one made of 2 pieces) and one panel 180 x 180 for video projection

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VIDEOS

1. VIDEOS PRESENTING SEVEN AWARDED WORKS. They combine video recording of the sites with Jury members’ impressions and statements. In

English:

•Two Winners: Caldes de Montbui (2:54) and Szczecin (3:10)

• Four Special Mentions: Ablain Saint Nazaire (2:08), Kiev (2:40), London (2:03) and Molenbeek Saint Jean (2:19)

• One Special Recognition: The City of Copenhagen (3:20)

2. “SHARED SPACES”: A selection of short interviews with well-known figures from the domains of architecture, science and the humanities, who

describe their experiences with and thoughts on public space. 60 min, in English or subtitled in English.

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Richard Sennett, New York (USA), Sociologist and writer,

professor at the London School of Economics (LSE)

Zygmunt Bauman, Poznan (Poland), Emeritus Professor of Sociology at

the University of Leeds and the University of Warsaw

Lydia Cacho, Mexico City, Journalist, writer and activist, who is internationally

renowned for her struggle to defend human rights.

Doreen Massey, Manchester (United Kingdom), Writer and

emeritus professor at the Open University.

“We must make a new version of

ourselves if we are to remake places”

“It’s when you believe that the streets of your city

belong to you that you come out to defend them”

“Space and power are intimately related”

“Unlike other places, the centre of the

European city has always been public.”

An optional video is available to complement the exhibition with a separate screening:

3. “EUROPE CITY”: A documentary on public space and the model of the European city. A co-production by the CCCB and Spanish public

television RTVE. 60 min, subtitled in English, French or Spanish:

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. Panels

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. Structural components

The components of the exhibition travel dismantled inside 2 boxes measuring:

86 cm (99 cm with casters) x 195 cm x 55 cm

46 cm (58 with casters) x 195 cm x 54 cm

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. Triangular version

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Barcelona, Centre of Contemporary Culture,

25 April - 4 June 2014

Szczecin, Phillarmonic Hall, 16-26 October

2014

TRAVELLING EXHIBITION. Some mounting versions

The exhibition has been designed and produced in such a way that transporting it is uncomplicated and inexpensive. All the pieces

comprising it can be folded, unfolded and stored in trunks with wheels, which makes moving it much easier. It is very adaptable and fits into

all kinds of different architectural spaces. Below are some examples that show several ways of setting up the exhibition: panels hanging on

walls, panels supported on metallic bases, etc.

There is an optional possibility of creating an annex to the exhibition which would deal with local examples of interventions in public space.

A selection of works that have revitalised local urban spaces could be presented, together with experiences that the city administration or

urban activist groups have worked on. The annex would involve the local architectural community and could be accompanied by

presentations or round-table discussions about their work, as well as guided tours. Local media could easily be mobilised to raise a public

debate on the city’s transformation.

London (United Kingdom), 21 July 2015 –

09 August 2015. Royal Academy of Arts

Lisbon (Portugal), 11 September 2015 – 5 October 2015.

Forno do Tijolo Market Helsinki (Finland), 4 February 2015 – 15 March 2015

Museum of Finnish Architecture

Example of the Museum of Finnish

Architecture, Helsinki, 2015 (panels

in slated position)

Example of the Museum of German

Architecture, Frankfurt, 2010

Publicspace.org

Centre de Cultura

Contemporània de

Barcelona [CCCB] Montalegre, 5

08001 Barcelona

www.cccb.org

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