Artists and architects enliven public space, installations remain on Prague streets until September – News of the World

This year’s edition has the subtitle Journey from the City and featured leading architects and visual artists. For example, the couple Aleš Hnízdil and Aleš Kurz draw attention to the waste of civilization, Jan Zdvořák created a memorable object from recycled material.

From the architects from the Mjölk studio, on the map of the festival we can find a twelve meter beam designed for games and sports, as well as a wooden pergola, which will be used for relaxation. Elhl & Koumar architects are the authors of the temporary gazebo in Jarov.

Nami Ňami studio has prepared an installation that will be used for children’s games, Jan Tyrpekl offers a mobile marquee on the path of the old sideline. Anna Beata Háblová brought the poetry into the bridge behind the Nákladový nádraží, and an armchair by Zdeňek Ruffer made passers-by sit down.

The festival is dedicated to the wider context of architecture, landscape, public space and art, and its main program will be accompanied by exhibitions, lectures and discussions.

One of the traditional and important presentations of the festival is the presentation of the winners and finalists of the European Prize for Urban Public Space, which presents a selection of the most interesting initiatives in the field of public space revitalization in 2020- 2022. The competition is organized every two years by the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona.

Another of the shows will focus on inspiring skateparks in the Czech Republic and Europe or projects of interesting children’s playgrounds.

The festival also offers a unique collection of photographs of public toilets in the Shibuya area of ​​Tokyo. A detailed program festival website.

The Nový Žižkov exhibition will also be a part of it, where the architect Eva Jiřičná will present to the public her residential project Centrum Nový Žižkov with a unique wavy tower on the site of the former Central Telecommunication Building.

The festival was held in Žižkov for the first time in 2014, when it started the rescue of the special function center Žižkov Freight Station, which was declared a cultural monument in 2013.