The results of the European Prize for Urban Public Space were revealed during the award-giving ceremony that was held on 4th of July at CCCB, Barcelona.
The winners of this important award are the following:

JOINT WINNERS 2016

Recovery of the Irrigation System at the Thermal Orchards
Caldes de Montbui (Spain), 2015
The orchards around the town are the focus of an integral project of restoration which restores the old irrigation system of thermal waters, reactivates agricultural activity and opens up a network of pedestrian pathways.

Dialogue Centre Przełomy at Solidarność Square
Szczecin (Poland), 2015
A place where sixteen demonstrating workers were killed in the 1970s has become the new Solidarity Square while also forming the roof of an underground museum on the recent history of a city which was seriously damaged during the Second World War.

SPECIAL MENTIONS 2016

Ring of Memory: International Memorial of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (France), 2014

Heavenly Hundred Garden
Kiev (Ukraine), 2016
A vacant plot of the city centre becomes a memorial of the victims of the Euromaidan revolution while playing a productive role in daily life as a self-managed community vegetable garden.

Improvement of Barkingside Town Centre
London (United Kingdom), 2015
The blind facades and the neglected surroundings of a public library and a leisure centre from the sixties acquire civic centrality and representativeness thanks to the insertion of a scenic loggia, the creation of the Virginia Gardens and the improvement of shopfronts at the adjacent high street. 

New Multi-Purpose Canopy
Sint-Jans-Molenbeek (Belgium), 2015
The construction of a monumental porch in a courtyard garden makes it possible to accommodate concerts, markets and a wide range of activities for residents in a neighborhood with a complex and fragmented social composition.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2016

The City of Copenhagen
The Jury of the Prize has specially created the category of Special Recognition in order to emphasize the merit of the city of Copenhagen in its firm and persistent commitment to a public space that gives priority to cyclists and pedestrians.