Urban Planning Concept Award

The winner for this category was XY,Z architects for the project Cospicua Social Regeneration Project. The housing project is based on a dynamic renewal of a residential neighbourhood which is comprised of various historic buildings. The project adopts a sensitive approach to achieving a balance between conservation and rehabilitation objectives and the need to provide an attractive living environment for housing local residents. The jury was impressed with the detailed conceptual studies.

XY,Z architects

Commendations were awarded to the following two projects:

1. Ir-Rotta – The Alternative Grid by Daniel Scerri. This was a highly creative and innovative scheme to provide alternative mobility solutions catering for pedestrians and cyclists, and reducing intensive vehicular traffic.

2. Perit Antoine Zammit for a garden in the city, Mellieha which provides an alternative model to inject hard and soft landscaping elements within the environs of a community building.