The 12th Rosa Barba International Landscape Architecture Prize reveals its 11 finalist projects
The jury of the Rosa Barba Casanovas International Landscape Architecture Prize has made public the eleven finalist projects from this year's edition of this prestigious contest that highlights the most relevant initiatives in landscape architecture from around the world in the last five years (2017-2022).
The winning project will be announced within the framework of the 12th Barcelona International Landscape Architecture Biennial, on November 24-28.
The eleven finalist projects are:
- HOPE DELFT CAPE TOWN,in Cape Town, South Africa, by Tarna Klitzner scenery architect
- BENJAKITTI FOREST PARK, in Bangkok, Thailand, by Kongjian Yu -Turenscape _
- FIRST (F)LIGHT, in Auckland, New Zealand, by Surfacedesign , Inc.
- MIAOJING RIVER, in Kunshan, China, by Fred Liao – platstudio
- SUMMER ISLAND, in Heilbronn, Germany, by LOMA.ARCH.LAND.URBAN
- PHASE SHIFTS PARK (CENTRAL PARK), Taichung, Taiwan, by Catherine Mosbach , PHILIPPE RAHM , RICKY LIU & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS+PLANNERS
- PARK IN THE PRADO NEIGHBORHOOD, in Medellín, Colombia, by Edgar Mazo
- WEST MIDLANDS NATIONAL PARK, in Birmingham, UK, by Kathryn Moore
- TANGSHAN QUARRY PARK, in Nanjing, China, by Z+T Studio
- PARCO MARCONIO – ROME, in Rome, Italy, by María Cristina Tullio, Elisa Monteduro, Mattia Proietti Tocca, Matteo Polci
- ALUMNI PARK, in Randwick, Australia, by Eladio Hernando - spackmanmossopmichaels.com
In addition, the International Jury has selected 225 projects, which will be published in the 2023 Biennial Catalog, will be shown in the Rosa Barba Prize exhibition, and will be included on the Biennial website under the Paisateca.
The XII International Landscape Biennial of Barcelona is organized by the Architects' Association of Catalonia and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, and has the institutional support of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Barcelona City Council, and the collaboration of the Banc Sabadell Foundation Bank for the Rosa Barba Pirze and the School Internacional Prize.