AgwA & AJDVIV: finalist of the European Prize for Public Urban space 2024

The International Jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2024, promoted by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) has chosen the 10 finalists of this edition, 5 in the General category and 5 in the Seafronts category.

We have the pleasure to announce that the project CHAPEX designed by AgwA et AJDVIV, located in Charleroi, has been selected as a finalist project to compete for the Award.

A total of 297 projects, corresponding to 35 European countries, were submitted, reflecting the important project activity that takes place in European public space, essential for the development of cities. The European Prize for Urban Public Space is an honorary biennial competition that, since 2000, has recognized the best interventions in the creation, transformation and recovery of public spaces in European cities.

The winning works will be announced at a public event that will be held at CCCB on 29 October 2024

The International Jury was presided by the urbanist architect and landscape and industrial designer Beth Galí, lecturer at the Barcelona School of Architecture and guest lecturer in Lausanne, Delft and Harvard; and made up of Sonia Curnier, architect and researcher at the Urban Sociology Laboratory of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Fabrizio Gallanti, curator and architect, director of Arc en Rêve, a centre for architecture in Bordeaux; Žaklina Gligorijević, architect and urbanist, consultant on urban issues in the European Union and World Bank projects in Serbia; Beate Hølmebakk, architect and co-founder of Manthey Kula, lecturer at the Institute of Architecture of the Oslo School of Architecture; Manon Mollard, architect, writer and editor of Architectural Review; Francesco Musco, urban design architect specializing in sustainable development and maritime environments, lecturer at the Università IUA di Venezia; with the support of Lluís Ortega, architect, lecturer at the UPC and Prize Secretary.