Insect City, a project by Ivan Juarez | x-studio, developed in Austria in collaboration with afo – architekturforum oberösterreich (Architecture Forum Upper Austria), has received a Special Mention at the CITY’SCAPE Awards, promoted by the Italian magazine TOPSCAPE / PAYSAGE and held in the context of the Triennale di Milano.
The project was recognized in the category “Iniziative di Promozione e Valorizzazione del Paesaggio” (Initiatives for the Promotion and Enhancement of the Landscape).
Jury Statement
“Insect City stands out as an awareness-raising initiative that makes the minute biodiversity of urban space visible. Through a site-specific intervention, developed with scientific guidance and neighbourhood participation, an undervalued urban fragment becomes an interactive landscape of knowledge, encounter, and coexistence between communities, urban habitats, and non-human species.”
The distinction recognizes a project that emerges from collaboration, research, and the exploration of new forms of coexistence between the city, its inhabitants, and other species, understanding urban space as a shared territory open to other forms of life.
The recognition also highlights the process developed together with afo – architekturforum oberösterreich, through the dialogue and collaborative work that made Insect City possible.
About the Award
CITY’SCAPE AWARD is an international award dedicated to contemporary landscape design and a platform for exchange among professionals, institutions, universities, public administrations, and organizations engaged in the sustainable transformation of cities and territories.
The award brings together projects and experiences from different parts of the world, creating a shared platform for dialogue around contemporary approaches to landscape architecture and the transformation of urban and territorial environments.
Jury
The 2026 CITY’SCAPE AWARD jury included:
Alessandro Panci, President, CNAPPC; Novella B. Cappelletti, Director, PAYSAGE and Jury Coordinator; Lorenzo Noè, Secretary, OAPPC Milano; Raffaella Colombo, Politecnico di Milano and Visiting Researcher, Harvard University; Anna Costa, Professor of Landscape Design, University of Padua; Franco Panzini, President, Associazione Pietro Porcinai; Michela De Poli, Professor of Landscape Design and Planning, University of Bologna; Mirella Di Giovine, Professor, Sapienza University of Rome; Alessandro Gabbianelli, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Roma Tre University; and Bianca Maria Rinaldi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Torino.
Project: Insect City
Author: Ivan Juarez | X-Studio
In collaboration with: afo – architekturforum oberösterreich (Architecture Forum Upper Austria)
Location: Austria
Recognition: Special Mention — CITY’SCAPE Awards
Category: Iniziative di Promozione e Valorizzazione del Paesaggio
Awarded by: CITY’SCAPE Award / TOPSCAPE – PAYSAGE
Venue: Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Date: September 18, 2026
