"At the basis of the European Prize for Urban Public Space lies the conviction that a well-designed and well-intended public space is conducive to bettering the lives of people and the health of society at large"
Masha Gessen highlights the fundamental role of public space in democracy
The well-known gender theorist and professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley offers her views on public space today and on the dwindling freedom of assembly.
With the threat of climate change and the exponential growth of cities, Michael Kimmelman, art and architecture critic of The New York Times , calls for a twenty-first-century model of the city that is more responsible with its environs and towards the people who inhabit it.
The list of the 25 finalist works of the tenth edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space is now available for consultation on this website.
Entries for the 2018 Prize combine to offer an outstanding representation of cities which endorse public space as an essential aspect of urban improvement.
A network of paths and bridges for walkers and cyclists has rescued from deterioration and neglect historical sites and natural areas on the rocky massif separating the town of Santa Pola from the Gran Alacant residential area.
A seafront esplanade invaded by parked cars is replaced by an elongated building that shelters the Genovés park from winds, while containing public bathrooms, changing rooms and cultural facilities and featuring an elevated viewpoint overlooking the bay of Cadiz.
Students, experts, artists, activists and local residents temporarily take over a ruined building and work together to improve the Savamala neighbourhood.
The installation of a lift and footbridge provides a way of crossing the barrier created by the topography and the railway line which cut off the neighbourhood of La Farigola from the rest of the municipality.
A deep railway cutting which slices through the urban fabric has been converted into a pedestrian and bicycle corridor in a resource-saving collaborative process that also respects the memory of an industrial past.
A disused trolley bus is converted into a mobile library.
A large cover equipped with photovoltaic plaques provides shelter for a range of civic activities including the weekly market, gatherings and concerts.
The new Museum of Sacred Art takes advantage of its uneven site on the edge of a gorge to provide a flat roof which doubles as a square and lookout in the old town centre.
Residents of the La Latina neighbourhood take over a site earmarked for the construction of a public facility, converting it into a meeting place for a wide-ranging series of events including inflatable pools, open-air cinema and neighbourhood breakfasts.
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