Europe City: Lessons from the European Prize for Urban Public Space
presents a multifaceted and diverse platform of ideas about European
public space and its social, cultural and economic significance. Based
on seven themes—or lessons to be learned—, this discussion is approached
from different disciplines, resulting in a wide-ranging reflection on
public space as the intrinsic element that binds the European urban
experience together.
These themes are Memory, Mobility, Mixture, Margins, Waterfronts,
Marketplaces and Democracy, illustrated by a selection of about fifty
projects of diverse scales and programs. The book also features a
historic overview of European public space as well as impressions from
international professionals. With a foreword by Kenneth Frampton and an
epilogue by Zygmunt Bauman. The European Prize for Urban Public Space is
an initiative of the Centre de Cultura Contemporània, Barcelona (CCCB),
and is co-organized with AzW Vienna; AF, London; DAM Frankfurt; Cité de
l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris; MAO Ljubljana, and MFA
Helsinki.
