The International Jury of the 9th European Prize for Urban Public Space – meeting on 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.

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. 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 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).

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 25 FINALIST WORKS ARE:

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

Temporary bridge over Charleroi canal, Brussels (Belgium) 2014

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

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

Nørreport Station, Copenhagen (Denmark) 2015

Remodelling of Tåsinge Square, Copenhagen (Denmark) 2014

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

New coastal defence, Katwijk (The Netherlands) 2015

Garden of the Heavenly Hundred, Kiev (Ukraine) 2016

Barkingside town centre improvements, London (UK), 2015

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

Decoration of Sant Miquel Square, Olot (Spain) 2015

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

Test site, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) 2015

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

Przełomy Centre for Dialogue in Solidarność Square, Szczecin (Poland) 2015

Clearing in the wood Uster, (Switzerland) 2014

Remodelling of the Promenada, Velenje (Slovenia) 2014

Fish market, Vodice (Croatia) 2015

Cover Image: Silence! Riga, Latvia, 2014. Author: Fine Young Urbanists

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

Author: José Luis Bezos Alonso

Above: “Ring of Memory” – International Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, France

Author: Philippe Prost

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

Author: Atelier d’architecture autogérée (aaa) and citizen of Colombes

Above: Cykelslangen cycle bridge, Copenhagen (Denmark) 2014

Author: DISSING+WEITLING architecture

Above: Public baths in the harbour Fåborg-Midtfyn (Denmark) 2014

Author: Urban Agency, JDS, Creo, Sloth Møller

Above: Escaravox, Madrid (Spain) 2014

Author: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation

Above: Norreport Station, Copenhagen (Denmark) 2015

Author: Gottlieb Paludan Architects

Above; Fish market, Vodice (Croatia) 2015

Author: Dinko Peračić

Arquipélago Contemporary Arts Center, Ribeira Grande, Azores, Portugal

Authors: João Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto + Menos é Mais Arquitectos Associados

The international jury, on this occasion presided by the architect Enric Batlle on behalf of the CCCB, is made up of Matevž Čelik, 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.

all images courtesy of CCCB Barcelona

http://www.cccb.org/en

