The CCCB presents the exhibition of the 2022 Prize at the international Landscape Festival in Prague, from 13 June to 30 September

The Prague Landscape Festival is an annual international event which, held since 2014, showcases landscape architecture, revitalisation of public spaces, urban planning, citizen participation, and art. This year’s Festival, organised by the Architecture Association and the City of Prague offers a diverse programme with exhibitions, installations, temporary architectural and artistic projects, workshops, debates, and lectures. The aim of the festival is to bring together urban planners, promotors, artists, activists, politicians, residents, and the general public in order to discuss the potential uses of public spaces.

The headquarters of the festival is the former Žižkov railway station, which has been in disuse since 2002, and declared cultural heritage in 2013 because of its historical, technical, and architectural value. After being neglected for years, the site needs a major overhaul. Hence, one aim of the festival is to turn this local monument into the cultural and social heart of a new neighbourhood by means of more than twenty site-specific architectural interventions aiming to give new life to Žižkov during the summer months. Furthermore, the programme includes several thematic exhibitions, as well as conferences and lectures about tactical and sustainable urbanism, and art in public space.

The CCCB’s contribution to the festival is the exhibition of the 2022 European Prize for Urban Public Space, which presents the 25 best works from that year’s award. Lluís Ortega, the Prize secretary, spoke at the opening ceremony of the festival, where he presented the Prize and works that exemplified good practice in the transformation of public spaces throughout Europe.

The opening of the festival culminated with an open-air concert at the Žižkov station, as a way of celebrating the start of this event which, once again, encourages reflection about the future of urban spaces.

The festival director is Dan Merta, head of the Architektura association and expert advisor to the European prize for Urban Public Space since 2014.