Today, Monday 5 February, 2007 the ninth session of Europan is launched. The generic theme of Europan 9 – European urbanity, sustainable city and new public spaces – specifically involves collaboration with the cities and urban developers in the organizing countries. Indeed, the ultimate aim of the European vision of the city is to make society, in other words to bring together people of all conditions and origins. However, the dominant trend towards individualisation, the quest for autonomy, cannot be ignored. This is precisely the contradiction that Europan addresses: on the one hand wanting the city – i.e animation, communal life, people – and on the other side wanting intimacy, privacy, home and the immediate circle.

You can find more information on the website about the theme, sites, calender and rules and can register and download the full site’s files of the competition.

Good luck to you all!