Erasmus Prize 2011 Awarded to Joan Busquets

Design of Public Space in the City

AMSTERDAM, November 10, 2010 - The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2011 to
Joan Busquets, architect and expert in urban development, 'arquitecte
urbanista' (Barcelona, Spain).

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The thematic of the Erasmus Prize 2011 is 'the design of public space in
the city'. The prize is awarded to Joan Busquets in appreciation of his
impressive and multifaceted oeuvre in the field of city planning. In his work
Busquets is guided by a social agenda. Historical analysis of the use of
urban space forms the starting point for his thinking on the future of man,
who will be living and working in an ever more densely populated environment.
Busquets works both in the field of project planning and execution, and
involves in his work students and colleagues from different disciplines.

Busquets' designs include new urban centres, reconstruction of old and
neglected urban areas and the development of infrastructure (Barcelona,
Toledo, Aleppo). www.bau-barcelona.com

The Erasmus Prize is an annual award for a person who has made an
exceptional contribution to culture, society or social science. The prize
money is a sum of Euro 150.000.

The award ceremony will take place in autumn 2011 on a date to be
announced.

Note for the editors: this press release can be found on
www.erasmusprijs.org

Information: Dr Max Sparreboom, Praemium Erasmianum Foundation,
T +31(0)20-6752753, F +31(0)20-6752231, E spe at erasmusprijs.org, www.erasmusprijs.org