For the first time, IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architecs) joins with Biennial to offer two more mentions for professional and school participants. These awards answer to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations (UN). They strive to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and guarantee the posterity of all.
The community is one of the most important pillars of the Barcelona International Landscape Biennial. For this reason, during the symposium, all attendees have the opportunity to award whichever they think is the best out of the finalist projects presented during the Symposium.
This recognition provides the professionals, academic world, organizations and people involved with landscape architecture and with another critical perspective of professional practices around the world.
The International Landscape Architecture Schools Prize is part of the edition of the International Landscape Biennial of Barcelona corresponding. The appeal for submission of the five best projects of each landscape school done for the students has a unique prize and an economic endowment of 1500 euros delivered during the celebration of the Symposium. The winner and finalists presented their projects during the Symposium and at UPC Barcelona TECH. In our web, we will publish the projects selected by the International Jury.
The Rosa Barba Casanovas International Landscape Architecture Prize is a chance for authors of landscape projects to present their works. They represent the best practices professionals internationally. The name of Rosa Barba Prize is a homage to the founder of the International Landscape Biennial, who died young the year after creating the event. The open call of the Award is every two years, coinciding with the International Landscape Biennial of Barcelona. The projects made in the five years before the announcement could be presented.
She is internationally recognized as an innovative designer in building regenerative landscapes and with interdisciplinary design education. In both academic explorations as well explorations at her design practice, Bargmann's on-going research continues to excavate the creative potential of degraded landscapes.
He is an architect trained in Great Britain, and an urban planner from Harvard University. He is the director of the office Oxygen Landscape Architects + Urban Designers, and a professor at the University of Adelaide, School of Architecture. His projects have received numerous awards and accolades, including the Canberra Central Parklands, the new Kingston Foreshores public area, and the Riverbank to Adelaide. President of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects).
