POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize in for Urban Public Space in Chicago

  • Design
  • Chicago
  • Thu, October 24 —
    Wed, November 13, 2024
POLIS: Lessons from the European Prize in for Urban Public Space in Chicago

The exhibit presents Spanish architects drawn from the European Prize for Urban Public Space, which reflects on globally shared challenges and offers solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.

Drawn from the institutional archives of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the Polis exhibition, created in 2014, has shown the best projects presented for the Prize, thematically grouped in order to offer a broad overview of the democratic quality of Europe’s public spaces.

In 2023, under the commission of the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in the United States, the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) presents a revised version of Polis, which, on this special occasion, focuses on the best works of intervention in public space in Spain during the last twenty years.

The exhibition is conceived as a journey through 24 projects showing the improvement of public spaces in Spanish cities, reflecting on globally shared challenges, and presenting solutions that contribute to more democratic cities.

The exhibition opening will feature Spanish architect Joan Roig and Lluis Ortega, the Secretary of the Prize's Jury, on October 23 from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Venue

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Crown Hall, 3360 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616

Admission

This free exhibition is open Monday-Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm. Crown Hall is close to several lines of public transit, including the rail system (called the “l”) and buses, and is located about 3.5 miles south of the loop in the historic bronzeville neighborhood.

Credits

Presented by the IIT College of Architecture with the support of the CCCB and the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C.

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