Workshop of the Contact Territories project presents the final works

The Contact Territories workshop has concluded with the final presentation of projects related with Public Space Design and fruit of a joint initiative of ETSAV (Vallès School of Architecture) and the European Prize for Urban Public Space.

The Catharijnesingel canal, Utrecht, declared winner of the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space

The jury considers this project an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.

Mar Santamaria: "The city is the artifact and the strategy that will enable collective survival"

A CCCB Interview with architect and urban planner Mar Santamaria on the present and future challenges of contemporary cities, public policies, data and urban rights.

Finite resources.
Approximation to the collective spaces of Ciutat Vella

Workshop that brings together students from ETSAV for a week with the aim of analysing and discussing about the management of resources in densified spaces, such as those of the district of Ciutat Vella.

The finalists for the 2022 Prize

After meeting on 14th and 15th July, the international Jury of the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space has chosen the 5 finalists for this year’s award.

Meeting in Barcelona of the International Jury to decide the selected works and finalists

The time has come for evaluating the 326 works from 35 countries that have been presented for the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space

Lugh O'Neill presents the spatial sound composition «Karst»

With his project “Karst”, composer and spatial sound designer Lugh O’Neill sets out to create a work of art recorded in situ in settings of great cultural and acoustic value

Samira Benini Allaouat presents the eco light sculpture "Geo-Llum"

The artist Samira Benini Allaouat presents “Geo-Llum”, an artistic installation that also works as public and ecological lighting. It is a proposal for public lighting in urban spaces based on a bacterium that produces electricity while decontaminating the soil. "Geo-Llum" is the winning project...

Counter tourism vs. tourism

• Judith Butler

The American philosopher, a lover of European cities, speaks of the dilemma of how to be a tourist without harming the environment or causing damage to local communities.