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Eupea Pief Uba Pubi Spae 2012

www.pubispae.gCCCB / Montalegre, 5 / 08001 Barcelonawww.cccb.org



PeseaiThe city is the space in which are concentrated, in their most radi-cal expression, some of the main problems faced by present-daysociety. Linked since its origins with ideas of equality, plurality andprogress, the contemporary city now faces new challenges arising

from its exponential growth and greater social and cultural com-plexity. Segregation, uncontrolled housing development, homoge-nisation and privatisation of urban space are some of the phe-nomena that imperil the ideal of the open, plural and democraticcommunity that epitomises the European city.Architecture and urban planning are essential tools that determinethe collective life of cities, conditioning their use and the politicaland social relations they contain. Hence, cross-fertilisation be-tween the disciplines that study, interpret and transform the urbanphenomenon should be encouraged. In this spirit, the CCCB andthe Institut Français d’Architecture decided in 2000 to establishthe European Prize for Urban Public Space in order to bring togeth-

er and publicise the interventions that promote the public charac-ter of the city and its capacity for social integration the length andbreadth of the continent.

This is the only prize in Europe that recognises and promotesspaces that are at once public (open and of universal access) andurban. The European Prize for Urban Public Space thus differs fromother initiatives and awards that focus on the gure of the architector landscape in highlighting the relational and civic character of thetypically urban space.

The Prize, which is honoric and awarded on a biannual basis,is conceded both to the architect and the public authority (citycouncil or political representative) that has taken the politicaldecision to carry out the intervention and frequently to guarantee

its nancing as well. The Prize is not so concerned – either exclu-sively or as a priority – with large-scale urban planning operationsas it is with large or small interventions of urban surgery that areprimarily aimed at improving the conditions of life of citizens.Priority is assigned, then, to architecture with a social vocationrather than to works with an aesthetic emphasis or spectacular in-tent. Moreover, although it preserves local particularities, the Prizeseeks to extol the features that are common to urban planninginterventions throughout the geography of Europe and therebystrives to foster and to give greater prominence to a certain Euro-pean identity in the sphere of architecture.

Over the time covered by its six awards the Prize has consolidatedand extended its geographic reach. In the 2010 award, 301 proj-ects from 32 European countries were presented (compared with81 projects from 14 countries in 2000), which means that it is nowwell-established as window on to the transformation of publicspaces in Europe and a gauge of the main concerns of Europeancities.



Over time, several internationally prestigious European institu-tions have joined the project. Although the CCCB, the driving forcebehind the project, continues to be the main organiser and -nancer of the Prize and the activities deriving from it, the project is

presently co-organised by The Architecture Foundation (London),the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna), the Cité de l’Architecture

et du Patrimoine (Paris), the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut(Rotterdam), the Museum of Finnish Architecture (Helsinki) andthe Deutsches Architekturmuseum (Frankfurt).Their directors are members of the Prize jury, which is presided

over by an architect representing the CCCB.

Isiuis -gaies

DIETMAR STEINERDirector of Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna) since 1993, he was commissar in 2002 for the Austrian project at the Venice Bien-nale of Architecture. He is also president of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums and a member of theconsultative committee of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe, while also serving asconsultant architect on a number of juries. He writes assiduously for a range of publications on architecture and urban develop-ment, among them the Italian review Domus.

ArchItEktUrzEntrUm WIEn, VIEnA www.azw.at

OLE BOUMANDirector of the Netherlands Architecture Institute and former editor-in-chief of the periodical publication Volume, he has beencurator for a series of events promoting the reconstruction of public space in cities affected by different kinds of disasters, forexample Ramallah, Mexico City, Beirut and Pristina, as well as for exhibitions for the Triennale of Milan and Manifesta 3. He isco-author of the encyclopaedia The Invisible in Architecture and co-editor of Al Manakh and also writes for such publications asthe newspaper De Groene Amsterdammer, The Independent, Artforum and Domus. He has taught Design at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology and has given lectures at several universities.

nEdErlAndS ArkItEktUUrInStItUt, rottErdAm www.nai.nl

thE ArchItEctUrE FoUndAtIon, londrES www.architecturefoundation.org.uk

SARAH ICHIOKADirector of The Architecture Foundation and co-director of the London Festival of Architecture, she was also a consultant for theexhibition Global Cities in The Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern and associate research fellow for the project Urban Age, whichinvestigates the future of global cities. In the Tenth Venice Biennale, she was content coordinator of the exhibition Cities, Architec-ture and Society and co-editor of the catalogue. Notable among her writings is her contribution to the book The Endless City.



JUULIA KAUSTESince 2010 director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture. She was based in New York for a 20-year period serving since 1997 asExecutive Director of the Finnish Cultural Institute where she produced and curated large scale international touring exhibitionsin the elds of art, design and architecture. Her recent projects include such exhibitions as Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future,Sauma: Design as Cultural Interface, and F2F: New Media Art from Finland, Paper+Finland=Art, and Architecture in Between aswell as a series of annual events under the title New Finnish Design organized in conjunction with the New York Design Week in

2008 - 2010.

mUSEUm oF FInnISh ArchItEctUrE, hElSInkI www.mfa.

InStItUt FrAnçAIS d’ArchItEctUrE, PArS www.citechaillot.fr

FRANCIS RAMBERTArchitecture critic and director of the Institut Français d’Architecture at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris, hehas been editor of the column “Architecture” in the cultural supplement of Le Figaro and was one of the founders of the reviewD’architectures, while also publishing a great number of articles in specialist reviews, in particular Connaissance des Arts, forwhich he writes on a regular basis.Notable in his experience as an exhibition curator is his work in the exhibition of projects concerning the future of the metropolisof Paris, Le Grand Pari(s), and in the French Pavilion in the 11th Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008 where the theme wasGénéroCité, le généureux vs le générique. His most recently published book is Architecture Tomorrow (2005).

PETER SCHMALDirector of Deutsches Architekturmuseum, architect and critic. He has been a member of various juries, such as the EuropeanUnion Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Architectural Photography Prize – andorganizes own competitions at the DAM, such as the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany, the DAM Architecture Book Awardand the International Highrise Award. The range of exhibitions and programs at the DAM include topics as “New Urbanity – theEuropean City in the 21 Centruy”, “Urban Green – Contemporary European Landscape Architecture” and projects with interna-tional partners such as “Patent Construction - New Architecture made in Catalonia”, “Becoming Istanbul”, “Megacity Network –Korean Contemporary Architects” and “M8 in China - Contemporary Chinese Architects”. He was the General Commissary of theGerman Contribution to VII. International Architecture Biennale Sao Paulo 2007.

dEUtSchES ArchItEktUrmUSEUm, FrAnkFUrt www.dam-online.de



Juy Pesies

The president of the jury, who also represents the CCCB, changeswith each award of the Prize so as to ensure a plurality of visionsand criteria vis-à-vis public space. However, he or she is alwaysan internationally-recognised architect. Since the inception of the

Prize the jury Presidents have been:

2010 rafae me2008 maue e Sà-maes2006 Eías tes2004 oi Bigas2002 Jsep luís mae2000 oi Bigas

The president of the jury for the 2012 Prize will be the architectJsep liàs, who has taught for years at the Polytechnic Univer-

sity of Barcelona and the Pompeu Fabra University and was winnerof the FAD Prize in 1977, 1996 and 2006, the City of Barcelona Prizefor Architecture in 1995 and 2006, the National Prize for Architec-ture, and the Generalitat (Government) of Catalonia Prize for PublicSpace with his Jaume Fuster Library building.



EUroPEAn PrIzE For UrBAn PUBlIc SPAcE 2012

In the Sixth European Prize for Urban Public Space, 301 projectsfrom 32 European countries were presented (compared with 18projects from 14 countries in 2000).

commIttEE oF EXPErtS

The Committee of Experts was incorporated into the Prize organi-sation in 2010. This is a group of recognised professionals from allover Europe working in the elds of architecture, urban planning,

journalism and others akin to public space, who recommend to thePrize organisers public space interventions that they deem particu-larly well accomplished. The CCCB then invites the authors of these

projects to present for the Prize.The members of the Committee of Experts for the European Prizefor Urban Public Space in 2010 were:

AUStrIAGabriele Kaiser, Editor and curator, Architekturzentrum WienChristian Kühn, Dean at Institut für Architektur und Entwerfen ofVienna

BElGIUmMarc Dubois, Architect, critic and lecturer in the Sint-Lucas School

of Architecture in GhentJan Schreurs, Architect and urban planner, Leuven

croAtIAMaroje Mrduljas, Architecture critic and editor of the review Oris

dEnmArkChristian Hanak, Head of Presentations and Debates at Dansk

Arkitektur CenterTom Nielsen, Aarhus School of Architecture

FInlAndGretel Hemgard, Landscape Architect, Helsinki Landscape Archi-tect, HelsinkiEsa Laaksonen, Director of Alvar Aalto Academy

FrAncEFrançois Chaslin, Architect, critic and professor at the School ofArchitecture of Lille

GErmAnYUrsula Baus, Journalist and critic in the German review Bau-meisterSebastian Redecke, Architecture critic in the German reviewRedaktion Bauwelt

IrElAndNathalie Weadick, Director of Irish Architecture Foundation Dublin

ItAlYMarco De Michelis, Professor at the University IUAV VeniceLuigi Centola, Architect and fundator of NewitalianbloodDaniela Colafranceschi, Architect, writer and professor at Univer-sità Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria



nEthErlAndSHans Ibelings, Director of the Dutch review A10Vedran Mimica,Director of the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam

PolAndEwa Porebska, Editor-in-chief of the Polish review ArchitekturMuratorian

romAnIAAna Maria Zahariade, Professor at “Ion Mincu” University of Archi-tecture and Urbanisme, Bucharest

SErBIAVesna Vučinič, Professor of Urban Anthropology at the Universityof Belgrade

SloVAkIAHenrieta H. Moravcíková, Institute of Construction and Architec-

ture of Bratislava

SWItzErlAndÁkos Moravánszky, Professor at the Institut für Geschichte undTheorie der Architektur of Zurich

SPAInElías Torres, Professor at ETSAB and Jury President of the Euro-pean Prize for Urban Public Space 2006Josep Lluís Mateo, Chair of Architecture and Design at the ETHZürich and Jury President of the European Prize for Urban PublicSpace 2002 SWEdEnMark Isitt, Freelance journalist and architecture critic for Göte-borgs-Posten

tUrkEYOmer Kanipak, Arkitera Architecture Center in Istanbul

UkSarah Gaventa, Director of CABE Space, LondonEllis Woodman, Journalist and architecture critic in Building De-sign

Mark Brearley, Director of Design for London (London Develop-ment Agency)



thE Work oF thE JUrY

On 5 March 2010, assisted by the Prize secretary David Bravo, thepresident of the jury, Rafael Moneo, carried out a pre-selectionfrom among the 302 projects presented.

The meeting of the seven jury members took place at theCCCB on 25 and 26 March 2010.



PrIzE-WInnInG WorkS

JoInt WInnEr

ope-Ai-libayMagdeburg (Germany), 2009

AUTHORS: KARO* with Architektur+NetzwerkDEVELOPERS: Bürgerverein Salbke-Fermersleben-Westerhüsene.V., City of Magdeburg Department of Building and Construction

The residents of a socially depressed neighbourhood have orga-nised to collect and share books in an open-air library that theyhave constructed, after a participative process, with prefabricatedpieces from a demolished building.

de nse opea & BaeOslo (Norway), 2008

AUTHORS: SnøhettaDEVELOPERS: Statsbygg

The roof of the opera house gently emerges from the waters of theport of Bjørvika to offer people who walk on it splendid views overthe city and the fjord.



SPEcIAl mEntIonS

Uba Aivas: eae piu & bug GeepeiRotterdam (The Netherlands), 2009

AUTHORS: Atelier Kempe Thill architecs and plannersDEVELOPERS: Rotary Club Rotterdam Noord, foundation ‘Grote-kerkplein’, OBR Rotterdam

The insertion of a pavilion-cum-theatre programmatically revitali-ses the Laurenskerk cathedral square and articulates its relations-hip with the Delftsevaart canal.

Pase maíi e a Paya PieeBenidorm (Spain), 2009

AUTHORS: Ofce of Architecture in BarcelonaDEVELOPERS: Generalitat Valenciana - Ajuntament de Benidorm

The complex strip of transition between the city and beach unfolds

in a colourful repertoire of sinuous forms that is sufciently power-ful to order the seafront facade and confer on it a unitary character.



Passage 56 / espae uue égiqueParis (France), 2009

AUTHORS: atelier d’architecture autogéréeDEVELOPERS: atelier d’architecture autogérée

Popular initiative has transformed an abandoned passageway ofrue Saint Blaise into a collectively-managed ecological garden.

caseas e pesaes e e pueCangas do Morrazo (Spain), 2008

AUTHORS: Irisarri + PiñeraDEVELOPERS: Puertos de Galicia

A row of shermen’s huts dynamises the breakwater of the portwith an activity that is deep-rooted in the place and attractive tothe eyes of passers-by..





The Prize-winner’s plaque now in place

in front of theOpen-Air-Libraryin Magdeburg.

Rafael Moneo and Antoni Fogué withone of the prize-winners’ placques.



cAtAloGUE

In order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the EuropeanPrize for Urban Public Space, the catalogue In Favour of PublicSpace: Ten Years of the European Prize for Urban Public Space waspublished. This publication, which has been very well received atthe international level, offers descriptions of the 29 prize-winning

works between 2000 and 2010, together with texts by architects,urban planners, writers, philosophers, sociologists and politicianswho consider them from cogent, suggestive standpoints. Far frombeing a strictly architectural reading of the works, this review pro-bes civic values, the political nature and collective sense represen-ted by the nucleus and essence of the idea of public space, offeringvaluable testimony to the great diversity of forms in which thisconcept is still materialised all around the European continent.



trAVEllInG EXhIBItIon

Each award of the Prize is accompanied by an itinerant exhibitionthat highlights the award-winning projects, offers the possibility ofconsulting the original material of all the participants, and presentsthe winning works of previous awards. It usually includes a selec-tion of the most interesting examples of public space in the city

hosting the exhibition.

The earlier exhibitions have been shown in:. Tirana, Gallery of the Faculty of Visual Arts at the Academy of Artsof Tirana. Milan, Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition Space at the Polytechnic Uni-versity of Milan. Belgrade, Museum of Applied Arts. Novi Sad, Manual Forgotten Arts Museum. Bucharest, Sala Dalles Gallery, under the auspices of the Bucha-rest Architecture Symposium

. Louvain, M Museum of Louvain

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The exhibition of the 2010 Prize has been shown in:. Vienna, Architekturzentrum Wien. Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum. Rome, Casa dell’Architettura (ex Acquario Romano), under theauspices of the Biennale on Public Space.



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“I Favu f Pubi Spae. Eupea Pie f Uba Pubi Spae 2010” i e casa e’Aieua (ex Aquai ra) f 12 may 11 Jue2011, ue e auspies f e Fis Bieae Pubi Spae i re.



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CALENDAR

The programme for the seventh award of the Prize, with the archi-tect Josep Llinàs as the jury president, is as follows:

. 17 October 2011Start of the launching campaign and call for entries

. 17 October 2011 – 19 January 2012Registration period

. 5 March – 11 April 2012Jury’s evaluation online

. 19 and 20 April 2012Jury working sessions at the CCCB

. 29 June 2012Prize-giving ceremony

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Dossier 2012 English(3)