Landscape Schools Award: International Jury
Jury Rosa Barba 6
Landscape architect. Professor of landscape architecture at the Università “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria, where he founded the Dipartimento Oasi, served as Director from 2002 to 2008, and currently coordinates the doctoral program entitled “Parks, Gardens, and Territorial Planning.” From 1996 to 2004, he served as president of the Rome and Lazio division of IN/Arch. The French Minister of Culture awarded him with the Chévalier des Arts et Lettres in 1998. Honored with the European Premio Gubbio for the squares of Saint-Denis. His projects include: Italian Garden, Osaka, 1990; Matteotti Square, Catanzaro, 1992; Prehistoric Cave Welcome Area, Niaux, 1994; Montecitorio Square, Rome, 1998; Central Squares, Cisterna di Latina, 1997-2005; Manzoni Square, Monte - grotto, 2002; Lungomare Faleria, Porto Sant’Elpidio, 2003; Floating Terrace in Eur Lake, Rome, 2005-2006; Central Squares, Saint-Denis, 2005-2007; Dome of the Presidency of the Republic of Georgia, 2007; Station’s Underground Walkway, Bergamo, 2008. His essays include: L’architettura del giardino contemporaneo, 1988; Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 1990; Giardino italiano a Osaka, 1990; Piazza Montecitorio, 1998; Questo è paesaggio. 48 definizioni, 2006. Giardini - Manuale di progettazione, 2009; Piazza Matteotti a Catanzaro. Il volto della città, 2009.
Jury School Prize 7
Ph.D Architect and Master 'Large Scale'. Vice dean of ETSAB, School of architecture of Barcelona, coordinator of the courses Project I-II and professor of the official Master of Architectural Department of ETSAB. Professor of the master 'Large Scale' at the UPC, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, visiting professor at UIC, she has been coordinating and teaching design studio in various international universities and she has been invited as jury's member both nationally and internationally. Research fellowships at the Princeton University School of Architecture and the Technische Universität München. The subject of her Ph.D thesis, 'Hybrid Architecture' , and her main publications, participation in conferences and major projects, conceived the architecture, landscape and infrastructure as inseparable realities.
Jury School Prize 7
Charles Anderson is a licensed Landscape Architect with over 30 years of experience in projects ranging from neighborhood parks to New York's American Museum of Natural History. He has a strong background in public process and has completed many community projects. Anderson has a specific interest in expressionistic landscape restoration and in the development of urban ecologies. Museum and cultural institution work is a key interest of Charles, including projects such as the visitor centers at Mount St. Helens, the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park, and Anchorage Museum of History and Art expansion Project.
Jury School Prize
Zhang Tianxin has a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, a Master's Degree in Human Geography, and a PhD in Urban Engineering (majoring in Urban Design). He is currently a Lecturer at Peking University, Director of the Landscape and Urbanism Program at the Beijing School of Architecture and Landscape. His research interests include Urban Design, Landscape Planning and Heritage Conservation. He has been a visiting professor at several universities in Canada, an expert jury of international workshops in Russia and China, and has been invited to a number of countries such as Japan for teacher exchange. He is an expert in "Urban Planning Review", a member of the "International School Committee" in the China Urban Planning Society, and an analyst in the Web-Journal of Tourism and Cultural Studies (Hokkaido University, Japan). , publisher and special columnist at "Beijing City planning and Construction Review" and a member of several professional societies, including the Japan Institute of Architecture (AIJ). Some of his representative works include the World Heritagets Publishers (Sekaishisosha), Japan, 2007, as one of the editors, the Masterplan for Nanxijiang National Park, and the Lijiang Tourism and Conservation Research Old Town”.
Jury School Prize 7
Since 2011 Landscape Architect in Germany. Since 2009 Research Fellow/Assistant at the Faculty and Landscape Sciences, Professorship Designing Urban Landscapes, Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski. Project Manager "European Master in Landscape Architecture - EMiLA" at Leibniz University Hannover. Nomination "Award for excellent teaching at Leibniz University Hannover. Member of STUDIO URBANE LANDSCHAFTEN network for teaching, research, practice. 2007-2009 Landscape Architect at landscape Architects CmbH, Zurich. 2007 Landscape Architect at Vogt Architects, Zurich (CH). 2004-2006 Research Assistant at Leibniz University Hannover. 2000-2006 Studiy of Landscape Architecture and Open Space Planning at the University Of Hannover and Wageningen University (NL).
Jury School Prize 8
Dean of the ETSAB (Architecture University of Barcelona). Since 1983, Jordi Ros is Architect professor in ETSAB, center that has served as deputy director. He has also been head of the Section of Barcelona, Department of Architectural Design (1996-1999), visiting professor at North East London Polytechnic (1991), London, and Professor of International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (1985), with presence in several countries. He has also been a visiting researcher at the London Metropolitan Architecture (2009), also of London, and the Department of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Chicago (2007). Assists in the DPA Magazine, published by the Department of Architectural Design, since 1996.
Jury School Prize 8
Born in his beloved German Alps in 1976, Chris is a creative, multi-disciplinary designer and problem solver. After his studies, Christian and his friends set up a landscape architecture office in Berlin and successfully entered the interdisciplinary German architecture competition scene. At the end of 2006, Chris left for a creative year in Thailand with various independent art & design projects and studies. Fascinated about the Asian culture, he decided to extend his stay in Bangkok. He started to run his own Design Thinking Workshops, participated in the Bangkok Design Festival and since 2008 he has been teaching at the School of Architecture & Design at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi,Thailand.
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.
