European Prize for Urban Public Space 2010

Award ceremony of year six of the prize will be attended by Rafael Moneo, president of the 2010 Jury, and the authors of the winning prizes, who will be explaining their work. There will also be a live connection with the two joint first prizes, in Oslo and Magdeburg.

6.30 p.m.

Official welcome by the president of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona Consortium, Antoni Fogué Moya, and introduction by Josep Ramoneda, director of the CCCB.

Presentation of the ex aequo winning entries:

Open-Air-Library in Magdeburg, Germany

Stefan Rettich, KARO Architekten, authors

Heinz-Joachim Olbricht, head of the Department of Urban Planning in the Magdeburg Council, promoter

New Norwegian National Opera and Ballet in Oslo, Norway

Kjetil Traedal Thorsen, Snøhetta studio, authors

Roar Bjordal, director of the New Norwegian National Opera and Ballet project of the promoting entity, the government agency Statsbygg

Presentation of Special Mentions:

Urban activators: theater podium & brug Grotekerkplein in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Oliver Thill, Atelier Kempe Thill architects and planners, authors

Paseo Marítimo de la Playa Ponientein Benidorm, Spain

Carlos Ferrater and Xavier Martí, Office of Architecture in Barcelona, authors

Passage 56 / espace culturel écologique in Paris, France

Constantin Petcou and Doina Petrescu, atelier d’architecture autogerée, authors

Casetas de pescadores en el puerto in Cangas, Spain

Jesús Irisarri and Guadalupe Piñera, irisarri+piñera, authors

With the participation of David Bravo, secretary of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2010

8.30 p.m.

Talk by Rafael Moneo, President of the Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2010

11 a.m. – 10 p.m.

A space for consulting all the projects presented for the European Prize for Urban Public Space will be open to the public.

Live broadcast of the function at the website www.publicspace.org