Barcelona, Spain, July 10, 2026 (Lusa) - Four projects in Portugal are among the 25 nominees from 14 countries for the European Prize for Urban Public Space, the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) announced on Friday.
In a statement released today, the CCCB revealed that the nominees for the biennial prize are the regeneration of the Bolhão Market in Porto, the Leça Green Corridor, which runs through the municipalities of Santo Tirso, Maia, Valongo and Matosinhos, the Graça Funicular in Lisbon, and the Piódão Square and Tourist Office in Arganil.
The jury was chaired by architect Eva Prats and comprised Angelika Fitz, Monika Konrad, Inês Lobo, Bas Smets and Philip Ursprung, with Lluís Ortega acting as secretary.
“The jury highlighted the formal rigour, material sensitivity and spatial quality of all the projects, which are coherently integrated into the existing urban fabric and create new ways of viewing and designing public space to offer robust responses to today’s challenges of the climate emergency, ecological restoration and social cohesion,” the press release states.
The refurbishment of the Bolhão Market, by Nuno Valentim’s studio, is described as an “intervention that preserves traditional trade, reinforces the building as a piece of public infrastructure and revitalises the city centre”.
Meanwhile, the Leça Green Corridor, by landscape architect Laura Roldão, “provides 22 hectares of linear public space as a key landscape infrastructure for environmental regeneration, water resilience and sustainable mobility”.
The Graça Funicular, by Atelier Bugio, “addresses the site’s complex topography within Lisbon’s inclusive transport network, linking the Graça Viewpoint to Mouraria to encourage the use of public transport and ensure everyone enjoys equitable access to the city”.
Meanwhile, the regeneration of Piódão Square and the Tourist Office, by the Branco Del Rio studio, develops “the village’s only accessible space, prioritising pedestrians and collective use”.
The nominees include parks in Copenhagen, Denmark; the regeneration of Split's coastal area, Croatia; and an urban beach in Bremen, Germany, amongst others.
The jury will select five finalists from the 25 nominees and will announce them on 9 September. The jury will announce the winning project on 15 October in Barcelona.
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