This is our house, if houses can be owned

• Martín Garber Salzberg

Members of the Mietshäuser Syndikat (Union of Rented Housing) describe the model of collective appropriation of space and present projects of widely varying approaches and settings of housing.

Prize Advisory Committee
Meeting in Barcelona

On 4 and 5 March the first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the European Prize for Urban Public Space was held at the CCCB. The Board for this year’s award consists of ten European institutions working in the domains of architecture and urban planning.

Architects have not always gone along with the powerful

• Martín Garber Salzberg

Forensic Architecture (FA) is a research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London. Its multidisciplinary team works together to reconstruct and document cases of abuse for purposes of reporting them in legal and political forums.

If Gardens Talked

• Martín Garber Salzberg

Growing our own food in urban areas makes us rethink the urban-rural relationship. Following seven urban agriculture projects in Berlin presented in the documentary, we reflect on the social, economic, environmental, political and health repercussions that come with it.

(In)voluntary Prisoners of Architecture

• Martín Garber Salzberg

Robert Moses's deliberate low bridges on Long Island are an example of the political use of technology and how architecture, engineering and public works may be at the service of political or economic power.

Beauty is in the Street

• Daniele Porretta

Complete lockdown and working from home have only been a reality for a privileged part of the population, but the reliance on technology, for a whole range of activities, is undoubtedly a real aspect of our society.

DIY Institutions, Artistic Thinking and Common Space

• Kim Gurney

Independent art spaces are running compelling institutional experiments as proactive residents with a stake in fast-changing cities.

Gradual space: Room for Diversity in the Future of Urban Public Spaces

• Levente Polyak

The diversity of public spaces, their different degrees of complementarity, privacy, proximity, interconnectedness and embeddedness are also reflected in how these spaces are governed.

Displacements: The Future of Urban Public Space and Tourism

• Greg Richards

Public space is where all citizens, regardless of their income and personal circumstances, can feel both equal and cared for.