Congratulations to Wrish Sarkar for his award in the 2025 Youth Competition: “New Urban Landscapes”
IFLA Europe is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Youth Competition: “New Urban Landscapes”
This year's competition attracted 24 outstanding submissions from talented landscape architecture students and young professionals across Europe, all envisioning more inclusive, resilient, and forward-thinking urban environments.
The competition celebrated bold ideas and real-world solutions addressing:
🔹 Post-industrial regeneration
🔹 Urban climate resilience
🔹 Cultural and ecological integration
🔹 Food and social landscapes
🔹 Cold-climate adaptation
🔹 Equity and shared public spaces
Category A – Conceptual Ideas and Projects
Winner: Fengyi Wu, member of Landscape Institute UK, with entry "Urban Living Library – Reclaiming The Hedgehog Habitat"
2nd place shared between:
• Katarzyna Jamioł, member of Stowarzyszenie Architektury Krajobrazu (SAK) Poland) with entry "Nature’s Sanctuary"
• Wrish Sarkar, member of Irish Landscape Institute with entry "Transforming Urban Landscape Of A Winter City On The Move"
3rd place: Alisa Vlasova, member of Landscape Institute, with entry "Comma in Unity"
