Dutch landscape studio OKRA wins the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space
Dutch studio OKRA landschapsarchitecten has been announced as the winner of the 11th edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space in a ceremony conducted at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) on Tuesday.Their restoration of the Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht was lauded by the jury as “an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.” Its scope entailed extending the final 1.1-kilometer section of the canal while adding public areas to its banks and enhancing its existing connection to the city’s beloved Zocherpark nearby.The project beat out other shortlisted finalists the CCCB named after receiving a record number of 326 applications from 35 different countries. This year’s jury was composed of critic Hans Ibelings, ETH Zurich landscape professor Teresa Galí-Izard, Athens-based resiliency advisor Eleni Myrivili, Assemble, London founder Paloma Strelitz, Slovenian architect Špela Videčnik, Swiss Architecture Museum director Andreas Ruby, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) lecturer Lluís Ortega, who served as the Secretary of the Prize.WINNERCatharijnesingel by OKRA (Utrecht, Netherlands)Read the full post on Bustler
Dutch studio OKRA landschapsarchitecten has been announced as the winner of the 11th edition of the European Prize for Urban Public Space in a ceremony conducted at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) on Tuesday.
Their restoration of the Catharijnesingel canal in Utrecht was lauded by the jury as “an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.” Its scope entailed extending the final 1.1-kilometer section of the canal while adding public areas to its banks and enhancing its existing connection to the city’s beloved Zocherpark nearby.
The project beat out other shortlisted finalists the CCCB named after receiving a record number of 326 applications from 35 different countries.
This year’s jury was composed of critic Hans Ibelings, ETH Zurich landscape professor Teresa Galí-Izard, Athens-based resiliency advisor Eleni Myrivili, Assemble, London founder Paloma Strelitz, Slovenian architect Špela Videčnik, Swiss Architecture Museum director Andreas Ruby, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) lecturer Lluís Ortega, who served as the Secretary of the Prize.
WINNER
Catharijnesingel by OKRA (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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