Jury Rosa Barba 7 and 8

Desiree Martinez is a Landscape Architect who graduated from the Technical University of Munich. She was president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) from 2010 to 2014. Through her firm PAISAJE RADICAL, projects and research on landscape architecture, urban design and environmental management. She has taught at the master program in Landscape Architecture of the Iberoamerican University in León Guanajuato, Mexico.

Jury Rosa Barba 8

Ricard Pié Ninot received the Ph.D. in Architecture from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (UPC). He is Full Professor of Urbanism and Regional Planning at the School of Architecture of the Vallès (UPC). From 2005 to 2008 he was the first Director of the new School of Architecture of Malaga (EAM). In the year 2003, he was awarded the Catalonian Town Planning Prize, for the Revision of the Master Plan of Torroella de Montgrí. He has led with Josep M. Vilanova the Territorial Sectorial Housing Plan for the Housing Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Jury Rosa Barba 8

Educated as a landscape architect at the University of Wageningen (1978), Michael van Gessel is active in the broader field of landscape architecture and urbanism.Since 1997 he has worked as an independent advisor. Prior to this he was employed for eighteen years at Bureau B+B (urbanism and landscape architecture), the last seven as its director.he mostly specializes in large scale urban planning and landscape architecture projects,which include working on new parks, the renovation of old city parks and estates, designing gardens for buildings, and envisioning schemes for large regional areas.

Jury School Prize 9

Professor, PHD Supervisor, Deputy Head of Department of Landscape Architecture School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. In 1997, Graduated from School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University and received Doctorate of Engineering Became the first Chinese PHD of Landscape Architecture. Visiting professor at Rome University (2003), MIT SPURS, Harvard GSD and Unversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (2005). He has realized many excellent landscape projects in China and got international prizes. Such as his practice the Quarry Garden in the Chenshan Botanic Garden gained the 2012 ASLA General Design Award of Honor, 2011 BALI National Landscape Award (International Category).

Jury School Prize 8 and 9

Rafael Narbona is Horticultural Engineer graduated from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, member of the IFLA, and currently is the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects President. In 1988 he joined in Jose Dalmau S.L. Company, being delegate in Sevilla and had done the Guadalquivir park, and other projects for the Expo92. Subsequently, working in the Turia Gardens in Valencia. In 1991, he created his office: Paisajistas Asociados S.L. In 2004, he moved with his team to the Engineering Consulting Intercontrol Levante S.A., where he worked as Landscape Department Chief till 2013. He has participated in numerous of technical and scientific forums. Co-editor of Journal of Landscape Architecture with Horticulture. It is a permanent member of the jury of Iberflora Awards for the best final projects in landscaping.

Jury School Prize 9

Ilya Mochalov, leading Russian landscape architect. Partner, general director of “Ilya Mochalov and Partners”. First vice-president of the Association of landscape architects of Russia ALAROS; Secretary General of the International Federation of landscape architects (IFLA) in 2011-2015; Senior lecturer, faculty of landscape architecture of Moscow State Forestry University. Ilya Mochalov has been receiving the highest Russian professional award in landscape architecture in 2011, 2013, 2016 for the excellency and performance in projects in landscape architecture. He is often invited to speak in national and international conferences as a key-note speaker and expert.