The Prize
The International Prize for architectural projects titled “Living in the Mediterranean” is aimed at professionals who, through their work, ideas and passions, influence the changes taking place in society in the Mediterranean and who thereby foster the dialogue between different cultures and different ethnic groups.
2008 Edition: The subject matter of the Second Edition of the Prize is the “PIAZZA”, understood as the fundamental topos of living: a place for social gatherings and cultural exchanges in every society in the Mediterranean.
The competing projects may be either completely new undertakings or restructurings of historic piazzas. They must demonstrate the following: ability to fit into the urban context, consistency with already existing structures, a coherent dialogue between the setting’s historic language and its contemporary language, the ability to reactivate the social and cultural practices at the heart of the piazza system.
The Prize will be officially presented during the XXIII World Architecture Congress which will take place in Turin from 29th June to 3rd July 2008
The website allocated for inscription and registration will be activated on 1st July
The material received will provide the stimulus for a debating seminar on the characteristics of primary installations - the piazza - and their relationships with the Mediterranean territory and its traditions, to coincide with the XV General Assembly of UMAR which will take place in Morocco in January 2009 on the occasion of architecture day.
The competing projects will also be displayed in an exhibition which will take place during the Extraordinary Assembly of UMAR in Pescara in June 2009 during the Mediterranean Games
