Invitation
We are pleased to invite you to the Opening of the exhibition of the 2024 edition of Lausanne Jardins, from 2pm at the Greenhouses of the City of Lausanne. The Awards ceremony for the international competition will be attended by Lausanne's City officials and the winners, and will be followed by a cocktail.
On this occasion, the projects of the internal competition of the Service des parcs et domaines as well as the work of the students of the Landscape Architecture Department of the Geneva University of Landscape, Engineering and Architecture (HEPIA) and of the Institute of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) will be exhibited.
Exhibition from Monday 3 to Saturday 15 April
Av. du Chablais 46, 1007 Lausanne
(follow the signs to the greenhouses)
Opening hours
- Mon-Fri
- 9h-19h
- Sat
- 10h-17h
Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Monday closed.
Call for entries (closed)
As for the previous events, the creation of the works for Lausanne Jardins 2024 is subject to an international competition in order to maintain the level of excellence of the festival and the prestige acquired in the fields of landscape architecture and urban development. The call for applications will be launched on Monday, 3 October 2022. The programme and the description of the competition sites can be downloaded here.
Objectives
- Foreshadow emerging trends and future transformations (desired or undergone) in Lausanne.
- Develop innovative landscape art in order to make the city more beautiful as well as more resilient and capable of responding to the challenges of climate change, loss of biodiversity and pressures of use.
- Raise public awareness of the issue of resources, especially water and its cycle.
- Identify the potential of the lakeshore landscape by building on the existing structures, spaces and uses, and reveal and enhance the identity of the area.
- Encourage the appropriation of the public space in order to bring people together, foster dialogue and encourage inclusion.
- Design gardens that allow new sports, cultural, leisure and mobility practices to be experimented with.
- Make an impression by creating gardens that interact with the public, not only to by being seen but also smelled, heard, touched and even tasted.
- Go beyond the restricted framework of the event to offer ways of transforming, reusing or perpetuating the garden (with a view to sustainability).
- Encourage the participation of multidisciplinary teams capable of reflecting in an original way on the general theme and who are, at the same time, aware of and respectful of the constraints inherent in living organisms.
Type of competition
The competition is organised in two phases:
A. The pre-selection of candidate teams.
B. The development of the projects by the selected teams.
At the end of the competition, the jury will determine which projects will be carried out for Lausanne Jardins.
How to participate?
The competition is open to landscape architects, gardeners, designers, architects, planners and artists from all over the world. The formation of interdisciplinary groups is strongly encouraged. The application, maximum three A4 pages, must include:
- A presentation of the applicant team.
- The reasons for the application and the team’s intentions in relation to a site (1st choice and 2nd choice).
- Two to three project references. Applications (phase A) must be sent by 11 November 2022 to info@lausannejardins.ch
Schedule
Phase A | |
Submission of applications | 11 November 2022 |
Selection of the winning teams | 25 November 2022 |
Phase B | |
Deadline for questions | 6 December 2022 |
Answers to questions | 20 December 2022 |
Submission of projects | 24 February 2023 at 4pm |
Mailing addresses
Phase A of the competition (by e-mail)
info@lausannejardins.ch
Phase B of the competition (by post)
Association Jardin Urbain p/a
Service des parcs et domaines
Avenue du Chablais 46
Case postale 80,
CH-1000 Lausanne 23