European Prize for Urban Public Space – Winners 2010
The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by six European institutions, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris), The Architecture Foundation (London), the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Rotterdam), the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna) and the Museum of Finnish Architecture (Helsinki).
The award, created in 2000, celebrates its sixth edition in 2010 and aims to highlight the importance of public space as a catalyst of urban life, and to recognize and foster investment by public administrations in its creation, conservation and improvement, while also understanding the state of public space as a clear indicator of the civic and collective health of our cities.
JOINT WINNER:
Open-Air-Library
Magdeburg (Germany), 2009
DEVELOPER: Department of Building and Construction, Bürgerverein Salbke-Fermersleben-Westerhüsen e.V.
AUTHORS: KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk
COLLABORATORS: Christian Burckhardt Gregor Schneider Mandy Neuenfeld
AREA: 488 m2
COST: 325,000 €
The residents of a socially depressed neighborhood have organized to collect and share books in an open-air library that they have constructed, after a participative process, with prefabricated pieces from a demolished building.
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