Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft

10. Flying Circus: Located in an abandoned cinema that was renewed, this project helps youngsters to identify their skills to express themselves and get a job. [more]
9. Centre for the People: Independent cultural centre within a conflicting area in the Historic Centre that avoids gentrification and works on the recovery of the neighborhood. [more]
8. Bicitekas: Network that gathers people from different backgrounds under the common goal of working for a bike friendly city with proper urban infraestructure. [more]
7. Wings to Fly: Education community project that promotes the appropiation of public space, human rights and citizenship, specially among children. [more]
6. Sociocultural engineering: Interdisciplinary group that uses artistic activities to promote the social integration of marginalized communities, specially of indigenous immigrants. [more]
5. Sta. Fe Village's Heritage: Through the recovery of their natural and cultural heritage the community of Santa Fe village is on the process of recovering public space and the social fabric. [more]
4. San Borja River's Ravine: 200 tonns of garbage were removed from a ravine that was turned into a community vegetable garden. The neighbourhoods sorrounding it will be connected by an aerial walk. [more]
3. Recov. Spaces for Life: The Iberoamericana University and members of the local community work on the dignification of a marginalized area through the recovery of public space. [more]
2. CODECO: Founded by 30 gangs that agreed on truce, this centre provides legal graffiti and art as an alternative to drugs and violence. [more]
1. Miravalle: Community organisation with a comprehensive offer of cultural, health, environmental, education and employment projects. [more]

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Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award Mexico City

193 applications – the 4th Deutsche Bank Urban Age award in Mexico City received the highest number of applications since its establishment in 2007 (2007 Mumbai 73; 2008 Sao Paulo 133; 2009 Istanbul 87).

The submissions reflect the vibrancy and creativity of México City dwellers in facing the social and urban challenges of their city. From a plurality of social and geographical backgrounds the projects indicate that strong and diverse alliances are being built to improve the urban environment and quality of life. The support of universities, local authorities and government programs as well as the cooperation of different community organizations has been an important ingredient for the success of the projects.

Besides the large number of submissions, the Mexican projects are of a general high quality and fall into a diverse range of categories such as education, culture, environment, sanitation, public space, local economies and social integration.

The jury, composed of international urban experts and local figures with knowledge of city’s diverse urban communities, met in Mexico City on 22–24 June to select the winner. Mexican members include architect Jose Castillo as Chair; actress Vanessa Bauche; political analyst and public intellectual Denise Dresser; architect Enrique Norten: artist Betsabeé Romero. They were joined by the former Mayor of Washington DC’s Anthony Williams and Ricky Burdett, the Director of LSE Cities at the London School of Economics.

After the selection of 24 high quality submissions, the jury visited a selection of projects to inspect their implementation on the ground and evaluate their impact on the urban environment and local communities, also to confirm their adherence to the Deutsche Bank Urban Age’s Award selection criteria.

The winner was announced on July 22, 2010 in the presence of Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City. The Ceremony will take place at Centro Cultural Indianilla.

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