European Prize for Urban Public Space
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organised with the aim of recognising and making known all kinds of works to create, recover and improve public spaces in European cities.
Award Ceremony of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2024
The Jury announces the winning works of the two categories - seafronts and general - at a award-giving ceremony, in an event compered by the journalist Carolina Rosich.
Presentation of Finalists in the GeneralCategory
2024 European Prize for Urban Public Space
What are Europe’s best public space projects in recent years? The teams responsible for the five works selected as finalists to the general category of the 2024 European Prize for Urban Public Spacemet at the CCCB to present their projects to the jury, chaired by Beth Galí, in a session open to the public and led by the Prize secretary, the architect Lluís Ortega.
“No Beach Here”
Opening session of the international workshop ETSAV-CCCB
Opening session of the workshop organised for ETSAV students which taking the Fòrum Baths as its starting point, aims to analyse the specific nature of seafronts and test new ways of appropriately facing and adapting to social and environmental challenges.
Beyond Besòs: Inhabiting the Seafront
Final session of the international workshop ETSAV-CCCB
Closing session of the workshop, with the presentation by ETSAV students of their proposals to rethink the ways of inhabiting the public space of Barcelona's waterfront in a radical way.
Beyond Besòs: Inhabiting the Seafront
Opening session of the international workshop ETSAV-CCCB
Opening session of the workshop by Carme Ribas and María Langarita, organised for ETSAV students which aims at a radical rethinking of ways of inhabiting Barcelona’s seafront.
Dialogues about the Market
Elena Albareda and Toni Massanés
The logistics and digitisation of commerce have made possible the coexistence, in the same stall, of products from nearby gardens and others from faraway parts of the world. Precisely because of this, the food choices we make in the market can transform distant territories with quite ...
Dialogues about the Table
Ada Parellada and Gustavo Duch
Do we still eat at the table? Are there changes in the way we sit together at the table? The places where we eat nowadays are increasingly diverse. The city today has intense, and often irregular rhythms thus obliging us to organise meals with other priorities and conditions. The table often ...
Dialogues about the Home
Eduardo Castillo Vinuesa and Francesc Magrinyà
Eat at home or eat out? The system of socioeconomic relations and perceptions of food in contemporary times have brought changes in the notion of centrality of the kitchen and dining spaces of the home in western culture, which to some extent, now belongs to the past. However, food has not ...
Presentation of the 5 finalist projects of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022
The five teams of finalists present their works to the jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2022 in a public session conducted by the secretary of the Prize, the architect Lluís Ortega.
Closing of "Finite resources. Approximation to the collective spaces of Ciutat Vella"
International workshop ETSAV-CCCB
Final session of the workshop organised for ETSAV students with the aim of analysing and discussing about the management of resources in densified spaces, such as those of the district of Ciutat Vella.
Openinf of "Finite resources. Approximation to the collective spaces of Ciutat Vella"
International workshop ETSAV-CCCB
Opening session of the workshop organised for ETSAV students with the aim of analysing and discussing about the management of resources in densified spaces, such as those of the district of Ciutat Vella.
Judith Butler: ““I'm trying to figure out how to be in a European city without being a destructive tourist”"
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. This interview is part of the series "Shared Spaces", an idea of the Public Space project. International thinkers ...
Paloma Strelitz:: “The pandemic offers an opportunity to revitalize local life in the neighborhoods”
The British architect promotes the creation of workspaces in neighborhoods to avoid unnecessary travel and so that we can spend more time working in our community, close to family and friends. This interview is part of the series "Shared Spaces", an idea of the Public Space project. ...
Marina Garcés: “The city has something in common with a prison when it never ends”
The Catalan writer reflects upon the volatile, precarious situation of housing, which has turned public space into a refuge. She also notes that the city has something in common with the prison when it does not have clear limits. This interview is part of the series "Shared Spaces", an ...
David Harvey: “I like the idea of an urban common which is a political concept which says that this space is open for all kind of people”
Geographer David Harvey talks about public space, common ownership and his view of the new “smart city” economies. This interview is part of the series "Shared Spaces", an idea of the Public Space project. International thinkers talk about their favorite places ...
"We have to politicize our judgment of urban transformation"
Carlota Broggi entrevista a David Bravo
Judith Butler: “The city has something in common with a prison when it never ends”
Shared Spaces recorded this conversation with Judith Butler on 5 November 2015 when she visited the CCCB to give the lecture “Bodies That Still Matter”, which was programmed as part of the “Human+” exhibition and in which she spoke about the immediate future that awaits our species.
Saskia Sassen: “Public space is a place in which there is a momentary condition of equality”
Sociologist, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, New York. This interview is part of the series "Shared Spaces", an idea of the Public Space project. International thinkers talk about their favorite places and other aspects related to cities ...
Nancy Fraser: “Technology is not serving the ends it could serve in [rebuilding] public space”
The American political scientist identifies a paradox in the present-day public sphere. While we have technology which permits a high degree of communication, public space has become corporatised and lacks a culture of citizen participation. This interview is ...
Marta Segarra: “The idea of anonymity has been lost in contemporary cities”
Segarra, Professor of French Literature and Gender Studies, discusses the loss of anonymity in contemporary cities because of overexposure to security. She also speaks of the city’s invisible inhabitants, the vagabonds living amongst us. This interview is part of the series "Shared ...
European Prize for Urban Public Space 2018
Created by the CCCB in 2000, the European Prize for Urban Public Space has remained loyal to the underlying principles of recovering and improving public spaces in order to contribute to the democratic health of our cities.