Fundació Mies van der Rohe presents the jury for the EU Mies Award 2022, the most important international architecture award. The Belgian architect, urbanist and former Flemish Government Architect Marcel Smets is part of the team to select the award winning projects.
Initiated in 1987 the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award has been organised by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission since 2001. The Prize is awarded biennially to works completed within the previous two years and exceptionally, this time, 2,5 years.
more about EU Mies AwardThe jury of the EU Mies Award 2022 is formed by: Tatiana Bilbao, Francesca Ferguson, Mia Hägg, Triin Ojari, Georg Pendl, Spiros Pengas and Marcel Smets.
Architect, urban designer and theorist, Marcel Smets has been actively engaged in the various sides of urbanism. He held the Chair of Urban Design at the University of Leuven and taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has published pioneering books and as Chief Urban Designer, he headed teams that conducted several urban projects in Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal. His prolonged engagement in Leuven and Nantes, led to the extensive transformation of the Railway Station surroundings on one hand and the urbanistic strategy for the conversion of the Isle de Nantes on the other.
Marcel Smets devoted many efforts to enhancing the quality of public design commissions and promoting the value of collective space. He acted as second Government Architect to the Flemish Region, was highly instrumental in Europan, and presided the Scientific Committee of the international Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement.
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced the first list of 449 projects competing for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The majority of the 21 Belgian projects in this selection have an educational or cultural purpose.
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