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Graduation Awards

Barcelona's International Landscape Biennial

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR UNIVERSITY PROJECTS IN SCHOOLS OF ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

 

From European to International Biennial of Landscape Architecture

After been recognized at European level, and after the first seven editions: “Refent paisatges” (1999), “Jardins insurgents” (2001), “Només amb natura” (2003), “Paisatge: un producte / una producció” (2006) , “Tempesta i ímpetu” (2008), “Paisatges Líquids” (2010) and "Biennal versus Biennal" (2012); There was a turning point in the ninth edition, which brought us closer to new landscape realities in the world through the internationalization of its Rosa Barba Landscape Award. The announcement was consolidated with the following editions “Un Paisatge per a tu” (2014) , "Tomorrow Landscape" (2016) and "Performative Natures" (2018). Now it becomes an excellent diffusion tool relevance in landscape project interventions.

 

Symposium

Each edition has its Symposium articulated under a motto. All kinds of theoretical and practical reflections to enhance an interprofessional debate. The Symposium takes place for two days, and round tables, debates, presentations by the finalists of Rosa Barba, interventions by the invited lecturers... The Symposium is held at the Petit Palau de la Música de Catalana, but is also broadcast live in the event hall of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC).

 

Exhibitions and Publications

The professional and academic reflection of the awards mentioned above will materialize in two thematic exhibitions and later in a publication in the form of a catalogue that will be the enduring witness of that edition.
The leading exhibitions that each year we organize are two: Projects selected by the Rosa Barba Prize, located at COAC; and school projects, located at ETSAB. The aim of this is to disseminate and promote professional and academic practices. The exhibitions of the plans, both schools and Rosa Barba, are itinerant through several universities and cultural centres around the world. This past year, Oslo University (School of Architecture and Design) has hosted the exhibition of the works of the schools, as it was one of the finalists of the X International Biennial of the Landscape. On the other hand, the rosa Barba Awards exhibition travelled to Italy at the Paesaggio Museum in Verbania.

Franco Zagari (landscape architect) was invited to exhibit his drawings made throughout his career in the last edition. Other parallel exhibitions have also been held, such as the retrospective 20 years of landscape sponsored by The Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (Merco Sala space).

Preselected projects - editions in which the School has participated

Project2100: Agro Pontino is f-loading
Author/sIda Orlando, Giulia Stecchi, Valeria Rellori
Supervisor/sMatteo Umberto Poli and Andrea Gritti

 

Project2100: A Sea Odyssey
Author/sMonica Moschini, Alessandra Paparcone, Francesca Porro
Supervisor/sMatteo Umberto Poli and Sara Gangemi

ProjectINLAYS. Micro architecture to connect the landscape between the Mincio
Natural Park and the SIC of Castellaro Lagusello
Author/sClaudio Canesso, Marta Paterlini, Veronica Soncini
Supervisor/sSara Protasoni and Stefano Farina

 

ProjectINLAYS. Naviglio Grande Gardens, Milan
Author/sFederica Fata, Lucia Gandelli
Supervisor/sAlessandro Rocca

 

ProjectSTORYTALE OF A COMPLEX LANDSCAPE: PATH THROUGH THE OLONA VALLEY ENVIRONMENTS
Author/sIrene Gennari, Elisa Sportaro
Supervisor/sSara Protasoni, Floriana Pergalani, Matteo Bruggi

 

ProjectOrder and Disorder
Author/sGinevra Rapisardi
Supervisor/sPaolo L. Bürgi  con Chiara Pradel e Carlotta Testa

 

ProjectA poem about time. Recovering an archeological site in Cascais
Author/sShi Ying
Supervisor/sAlessandro Rocca

 

ProjectContemplation Forest
Author/sShiqi Li
Supervisor/sPaolo L. Bürgi  con Chiara Pradel e Carlotta Testa

 

ProjectPromenade Landscape
Author/sZhen Chao
Supervisor/sPaolo L. Bürgi  with Chiara Pradel and Carlotta Testa

 

 

ProjectHologramatic Territory. Ecological strategy for the West Bank
Author/sMirco Andolina
Supervisor/sElisa C. Cattaneo and Arturo Lanzani

 

 

ProjectWeak Strategy for In-formality. Infra-free and Ecological patterns.Rio de Janeiro case
Author/sAndrea Benzi
Supervisor/sElisa C. Cattaneo and Paola Caputo

 

 

ProjectRovine contemporanee: Un esperimento progettuale nel borgo di Consonno
Author/sFabio Marino, Sandro Riscino, Davide Traina
Supervisor/sAndrea Gritti and Monica Amari

 

 

ProjectPasaia: Badia Eskatuz (reclaim the bay)
Author/sFrancesco Fumagalli, Valerio Guidi
Supervisor/sCorinna Morandi

 

 

ProjectThe Garden of the Righteous in Milan
Author/sGabriella Milo
Supervisor/sAlessandro Rocca

 

 

ProjectUp and Down. Mtkvari river park, Tbilisi, Georgia   
Author/sStefano Brambilla 
Supervisor/sAlessandro Rocca

 

 

ProjectBeyond the garden. A landscape project of views and distances in Pigazzano, Val Trebbia
Author/sFrancesca Giannini
Supervisor/sMatteo Umberto Poli

 

 

ProjectA cognitive atlas for African landscapes 
Author/sAlessandro Musetta
Supervisor/sMatteo Umberto Poli

 

 

ProjectPost olympic city                                       
Author/sEleonora Schiavi
Supervisor/sMatteo Umberto Poli  

 

 

ProjectL'arte dello spazio pubblico| una proposta a Girona per sanare ferite territoriali         
Author/sManuela Scotti, Chiara Signoroni
Supervisor/sEmilio Faroldi and Isabel Salamaña i Serra

 

 

 

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