Urban TV is holding this year’s Madrid-based festival in which the aim is to transform cities into more human, lively and communicative places. To this end, they have made a call for entries in the form of television documentaries, reports and programmes about life in cities.
The Annual Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation is to be held in Bonn on 29, 30 and 31 May. More than 500 entities from around the world are participating in this year’s festival in which infrastructure, food, research and biodiversity will be discussed.
On 16 May, the Prize will be at the BINA 2014 festival in Belgrade (Serbia), through a presentation and a discussion on the importance of public space.
On 12 May La Cité D’Arquitecture et Patrimonie in Paris is organising a talk given by Michelle Desvigne, one of the authors of the renovation of the Old Port of Marseille which was a joint winner of this year’s European Prize for Urban Public Space.
The Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) of Ljubljana is organising on 8 and 9 May a series of lectures and debates on the impact of public space interventions on the economy, politics and the quality of life for citizens.
On 11t and 12t October 2014 will take place in Lisbon a lecture series called "Urban Futures-Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the World in 2050", focused on exploring the possible cities, Governments and resources of the future.
The MIT has organised a series of lectures based on the work of the Catalan artist and teacher, Antoni Muntadas, in order to reflect upon and redefine notions of public space.
An article by CCCB Lab considers the digital-age possibilities offered to citizens for transforming and managing cities by adapting them to their needs.
Theatrum Mundi and the American Institute of Architects from New York (AIA), have launched a project that invites anyone interested to identify public spaces or propose designs to transform them into places that enable greater social and political engagement.