In our contemporary cities, public art plays an important role, in urban regeneration processes and in the construction of social identities. Its placement on the public space raises several questions: which spaces are elected for the implementation of public art? In those spaces, what kind of relations are established between its morphologic characteristics and the new interventions? Finally, is it possible to identify models of placement? Despite the lack of systematization of these themes, some authors focuses on the interaction between urban space and public art, in a framework that positions it across different disciplines. In Lisbon, the criteria for the placement of public art are not always evident. Most of the times, there is not a true spatial integration. In this sense, this paper proposes an analysis of two artistic interventions, on Lisbon’s waterfront:

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Public space,Public art,Urban form,Lisbon,Waterfront