Theme and participating countries of EUROPAN 8
May 2004 - April 2006 (24 months)
Thème : Theme: : European urbanity and strategic projects |
The generic theme of Europan 8, European urbanity, implies precisely collaboration with the municipalities and urban developers of the organizing countries, as much as it calls for a new know-how from the designers. Urbanity can be defined as a collective way of experiencing the city and its functions, but also as the will to examine the heterogeneity of its forms and to think out public space to encourage people to meet in places they share in common.
Reconciling living together and living at home
The ultimate goal of the European vision of the town is to create society, i.e. to bring together people of all conditions and all origins. But one must not forget the prevailing trend towards individualisation and the search for autonomy. Europan addresses this contradiction in its desire for the town, meaning the search for animation, community life, the public, and at the same time in seeking to preserve privacy, being at home, in the intimate circle.
The town-planning/architectural scale
Creating urbanity is the task of the architect and the landscaper. It is buildings that demarcate public space, the furniture placed in it, their dialogue with vegetation, the pathways that border or cross them, which make up the sort of atmosphere one wishes to achieve. Urbanity is landscape, atmosphere, place: it is usually perceived on the scale of views from windows, but also on the scale of different types of mobility from the pedestrian to the car. The theme thus places the competition between urban planning and building construction, to bring to light a technique for “architecturing urbanity”.
In Europan the question is to foster the emergence of strategic projects with the possibility of influencing the development of an urban area markedly more extensive than the site itself. For this session the proposed contexts could be located in any part of the town provided the problems of mutation came within the scope of the theme. Thus the 74 sites accepted in European cities concern equally well the conversion of sectors of the consolidated town, the rehabilitation of complex or obsolete industrial sites, or the requalification of districts in distress.
With this objective of strategic commission in view, it is possible to classify the sites into thematic families. These families serve as a link between the local authorities and the owners facing the same problems and make what is at stake in the sites more legible to the competitors. Thus the session’s European forums are arranged in the form of debates around these themes, grouping several sites so as to be able to make comparisons based on the questions put to competitors and the proposals for evolution advanced by the prizewinning teams.
Five main themes were identified by the Europan Technical Committee from a comparative reading of the sites. These refer to strategic issues of European town mutation.
Building with nature
The demand of city dwellers to live in town but at the same time in or near nature raises the question of how to create urban landscapes with a balance between the built and natural elements. In green enclaves inside the city or in natural sites to be urbanised, how can we mix nature and the built? How should we consider the relationship between urban space and natural territory, whether it be a question of building opposite a natural heritage or of creating a landscape in a dynamic relation to the built?
Generating the new
In order to limit urban spread and preserve natural territory, the town is extending onto disused land and vacant sites. How to generate new districts here? Large industrial sites, partly or wholly obsolete, offer an environment for developing urban projects. How should their urbanisation be managed over time? Other urban sites of no constructed heritage value require the creation of totally new fragments. How to insert these and connect them to their context? How to find strategic use for peripheral urban sites to respond to development?
Recycling the fabric
The contemporary town has produced hybrid urban fabric composed of fragmented spaces and juxtaposed objects. How can these heterogeneous districts be restructured to facilitate urban life? Certain zones have been designed as monofunctional enclaves (housing, industry, barracks…) How can these be spatially reallocated to contemporary urban usages? How can rundown fragments of towns be given an urban dynamic by injecting new functions and public space structuring?
Urbanising with infrastructures
Infrastructures fragment the urban space. How to integrate them into the making of the town? In order to overcome the handicaps of being cutting off by heavy infrastructures (railways, motorways etc.) what type of urban communications or interfaces can be developed? Can the networks become assets in inventing new urban poles?
Which urbanity for the inhabitants?
Urban transformations sometimes involve the demolition of existing spaces to create new ones. But does this renovation allow the population to be maintained on the spot? How to manage the social mix, to bring the old and new populations into coexistence?
| Organizing countries of EUROPAN 8 |
| EUROPAN BELGIQUE/BELGIE/BELGIEN
EUROPAN CESKA REPUBLIKA
EUROPAN DEUTSCHLAND
EUROPAN ESPAÑA
EUROPAN FRANCE
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EUROPAN HRVATSKA
EUROPAN ITALIA
EUROPAN NEDERLAND
EUROPAN NORGE
EUROPAN ÖSTERREICH
EUROPAN PORTUGAL
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EUROPAN SLOVENIJA
EUROPAN SUOMI – FINLAND
EUROPAN SVERIGE
EUROPAN TÜRKIYE
EUROPAN UNITED KINGDOM |
| Associated countries of EUROPAN 8 proposing a site |
EUROPAN KYPROS
EUROPAN LATVIJA
EUROPAN MAGYARORSZAG
EUROPAN POLSKA
| Cities of EUROPAN 8 - 74 proposed urban situations |
BUILDING WITH NATURE
Building inside nature
Brezice - Slovenija
Cartes - España
Chiampo - Italia
Hamburg - Deutschland
Kuopio - Suomi-Finland
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Building by the water
Dubrovnik - Hrvatska
Kemi - Suomi-Finland
Lahti - Suomi-Finland
Palermo - Italia
Riga - Latvija |
Building with the nature inside the urban
Cordoba - España
Figueira da Foz - Portugal
Hénin-Carvin - France
Palmela - Portugal
Roma - Italia
Sintra - Portugal
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URBANISING WITH INFRASTRUCTURES
Crossing networks
Chateauroux - France
Haarlem - Nederland
Halle - Deutschland
Hamar – Norge
Logrono - España
Reggio Calabria - Italia
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Creating new polarities in relation to the networks
Bergen - Norge
Göteborg – Sverige
Sagunto - España
Wien – Österreich
Zwolle - Nederland
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RECYCLING URBAN FABRIC
Reinforcing the existing tissue
Budapesti - Hrvatska
Cagliari - Italia
Milazzo - Italia
Neu-Ulm - Deutschland
Stonebridge - United Kingdom
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Restructuring with additional uses
Aulla - Italia
Caceres - España
Erfurt – Deutschland
Kristiansand - Norge
Lauterach - ÖSTERREICH
Luckenwalde - Deutschland
Tilburg - Nederland
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Using traces but creating new identity
Dijon - France
Enschede – Nederland
La Courneuve – France
Praha - Ceska Republika
Schwechat – Österreich
Zagreb – Hrvatska
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WHAT SORT OF URBANITY FOR THE INHABITANTS ?
What sort of urbanity?
Antalya Kepez - Türkiye
Ceuta - España
Coimbra - Portugal
Funchal - Portugal
Istanbul - Türkiye
Larnaca - Kypros
Leinefelde - Deutschland
Livorno - Italia
Oldham - United Kingdom
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GENERATING THE NEW
Negociating the urban limits
Alcazar de San Juan - España
Amstetten - Österreich
Bergamo - Italia
Gersthofen - Deutschland
Maribor - Slovenija
Valladolid - España
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Developping a territorial strategy
Chalon-sur-Saône - France
Ghlin Mons - Belgique/Belgie/Belgien
Kirkenes - Norge
Kleines Dreieck - Deutschland/Ceska Republika/Polska
Lille - France
Waidhofen - Österreich
Waremme - Belgique/Belgie/Belgien
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Creating a residential scale
Alkmaar - Nederland
Dordrecht - Nederland
Latina - Italia
Milton Keynes - United Kingdom
Plzen - Ceska Republika
Stavanger - Norge
Varberg – Sverige |
Participation
3116 inscriptions
1618 projets rendus (52%) |
Prizes
143 primes : 61 lauréats et 82 mentionnés
60 cités sur 74 sites
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| Implementations of EUROPAN 8 |
EUROPAN BELGIQUE/BELGIE/BELGIEN
Mons-Ghlin : constructive presentation to the local autorithies. Urban planning first.
Waremme : public debate on march 2007 during an event held with the politic representatives of the city of Waremme (they already positively welcome the project’s options). |
EUROPAN CESKA REPUBLIKA
Implementation in Pilsen stopped after election in 2006. |
EUROPAN DEUTSCHLAND
1- Dagobert Bergmans/Thomas van Arman, Erfurt. Urban planning studies, procedure in progress.
2- Florian Krieger. Gertshofen. Elaboration of an urban development plan, procedure in progress.
3- Eugenia Vidal/Xavier Ortiz, Christian Hertweck/John Lau, Philippe Mueller/Johannes Feld. Halle (Saale). The prize-winning and runner-up-teams have participated in a working seminar with the town and the involved housing company, procedure in progress.
4- Michael Rudolph/Sigrun Langner. Kleines Dreieck. Feasibility study in work.
5- Nicolas Reymond, Philipp Krebs, Sebastian Blecher/Raphael Büsing. Leinefelde. The prize-winning and two short-listed teams have participated in a working seminar with the town and the involved housing company, procedure in progress.
6- Camillo Hernandez/Sonja Knapp/Nataly Granados, Stephan Gückel/Olaf Hermann, Matthias Foitzik/Michael Herz, Nicole Pflüger. Neu-Ulm. The teams have participated in a working seminar with the town and the involved housing company. The prize-winning and honorable mentioned teams were selected for further work, procedure in progress. Implementation process starts in 2009.
EUROPAN ESPANA
1- Antonio Viejo Moriano, Helena Aguilar Balea, David Ares Esteve.
Alcázar de San Juan. Preliminary drawings submitted for a farther development of the urban plan.
2- Cristina Goberna, Urtzi Grau.
Cáceres. Urban project in process.
3- Miguel Ángel Velarde, Miguel Ángel Navas.
Cartes. Preliminary drawings submitted for a farther development of the project.
4- Juana Sánchez, Diego Jiménez, Ángela Ruiz, Pedro Romero.
Ceuta. Preliminary drawings submitted for a farther development of the project.
5- Beatriz Brieva de la Orden, Jaime del Campo.
Córdoba. Urban Planning submitted.
6- Santiago Cifuentes, Javier García, Luis Alió, Álvaro Martín.
Alternative project in process. |
EUROPAN FRANCE
1- D. Jouquand, P. Frinault, J. Boidot / Hénin-Carvin : Urban, architectural and environmental definition study, requalification of the Parc des Iles fringes, for the Communauté Urbaine d’Hénin Carvin
2- F. Gantois / Hénin-Carvin : Urban, architectural and environmental definition study, requalification of the Parc des Iles fringes, for the Communauté Urbaine d’Hénin Carvin
3- M. Volkwein, V. Gloria, E. Vincen. Dijon. Urban, architectural and environmental feasibility study, requalification of the Pont des Tanneries District, for the City of Dijon
4- H. Loviton, K. Teisseire / La Courneuve : Urban, architectural and environmental definition study, requalification of the Quartier de la Mairie site, for Plaine Commune and the City of La Courneuve. |
EUROPAN HRVATSKA
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN ITALIA
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN KYPROS
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN LATVIJA
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN MAGYARORSZAG
No implementation to this day.
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EUROPAN NEDERLAND
1- René Berbee - Marc Holvoet, Alkmaar. The municipality made a new programme for the intervention site, after which a European tender was issued in which the winners were mentioned. At the moment it is unclear what the follow up will be.
2- Wouter van Alebeek - Joost van Noort, Dordrecht. The winning project will not be built. Waiting for an alternative commission the architects were involved in a study for 'flood proof building'. Later the development of the area was completely rescheduled.
3- Robert Verrijt - Foris Cornelisse, Enschede. The municipality decided to wait for a plan for the complete station area before deciding what to do with the winning scheme.
4- Rindert Gerritsma, Haarlem. The municipality made an urban programme of requirements for the site, based on the winning project. After that the development of the area was handed over to the market. It is not sure if the winners will be commissioned for their project. The municipality is addressed about its commitment.
5- Dominique ter Beek - Jenny Eklund - Chris Luth, Tilburg. The municipality made a ‘starting note’, after which the legal procedures for realising the project can commence.
6- Fabrice Henninger - Gabriel Kiderlen - Helga Schmid - Rainer Geerdes, Zwolle. Though the winning project will not be built, the team was to be commissioned for an alternative project, which appeared to be disputable. Unclear what the follow up will be. |
EUROPAN NORGE
(5 sites)
Hamar: Contract signed wirh Brossa Salcedo, Barcelona.
Stavanger: Contract signed with Yañez Iborra Capdevila, Alicante.
Kirkenes: Contract signed with B4Architects, Roma and Ines Alves Almeida, Oslo (Both runner-ups)
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EUROPAN ÖSTERREICH
1 – José Martín/Maria Belén SerratsMadrid (winner): Amstetten.
The architects were commissioned with a study for a master plan with Viennese architect Walter Stelzhammer as partner architect. The study was finished in autumn 2006. The city has started the rezoning procedure of parts of the area according to the premises of this study. In the beginnings of 2007 the next step of the development is being conceived. For the southern part of the area the city and the site owner intend to launch a workshop procedure including a landscape designer in order to evolve the project further. The architects were commissioned with a master scenario in cooperation with the Viennese architect Walter Stelzhammer. The result of the master scenario was further implemented in the zoning plan which determines the guidelines for a step-by step architectural implementation.
2 – Wolfgang Koelbl/Wien (winner) + cocooner/Wien (runner up): Waidhofen/Ybbs.
In spring 2006 both projects were presented to the mayor and the site owner of one of the three Europan sites. There will be a specific time frame for each single site: in 2007 the city starts negotiations to develop the meadows outside of the centre. The Europan winning project shall provide the guidelines for the future organization of the whole area. On the bene-site, the sites owners are looking for a possible investor in order to implement an educational program. Negotiations with possible partners (including the proviunce of lower Austria) hhave been ongoing since 2006 and shoudl lead to a clear program in 2007. On the basis of this program the architectural development of the Europan project can be continued. On the third site shopping, educational and cultural facilities (including housing) shall be established. Since there is a dicussion ongoing about the competition with shopping areas in the historical centre the city has delayed the development of the project. Due to economic reasons this question is until today not clarified.
3 – Mirza Mujezinovic/Oslo (winner): Wien.
The site owner has commissioned a study in order to adapt the competion project to local building guidelines. The study was finished in summer 2006. Since the second half of 2006 the site owner has been looking for clients for the commercial and public uses on ground floor. In 2008 a developer was found in order to implement the project in cooperation with the Europan winner. A workshop (completed 2008) exploited the potential of the project in the framework of subsidized housing regulations in Vienna. Next step is to find the partner architect for the implementation of about 240 housing units.
EUROPAN POLSKA
No implementation to this day.
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EUROPAN PORTUGAL
(5 sites)
4 winning teams (the jury chose not to award the winner prize in one of the sites), 1 winning team signed a contract and 2 others are currently negotiating their commissions and contract terms. |
EUROPAN SLOVENIJA
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN SUOMI-FINLAND
No implementation to this day.
EUROPAN SVERIGE
1. Karl Ljungberg, Anna Rämert och Lotta Magnusson. Varberg, winners.
Commission for illustrated general plan, 2006. Detail plan in process. |
EUROPAN TURKIYE
| No implementation to this day. |
EUROPAN UNITED-KINGDOM
First time that CABE has organised the Europan competition.
Work is progressing on the developing the winning schemes for the three Europan UK sites in Oldham, Stonebridge and Milton Keynes. |
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