LAURUS 2021

MISSION
An independent view of the quality of landscape architecture training over the past year
Motivation of students and teachers through comparisons between studios and schools
Recognition of the best student landscape architecture projects between the participating schools

The competition is open to all Bachelor's and Master's students, with the exception of diploma theses.
It is the students who nominate their projects into the competition.

There are 4 categories
SMALL SCALE – small park areas, courtyard landscaping, terraces, and roof gardens, private (family) gardens
MEDIUM SCALE – village squares and town squares, medium-sized parks, conceptual solutions on the scale of a spatial study or regulatory plan
LARGE SCALE – large parks and complexes, larger territorial units, landscape concepts
LANDSCAPE GESTURE – from detail to concept, unspecified category

The jury evaluated the student work anonymously.

The foundations for the Laurus student competition were laid by the teachers of the Studio of Landscape Design Fundamentals at the Czech Technical University, who organized the selection of the best project of the first year of study of future landscape designers. In 2017, the growing number of students and specialized studios created a milieu for the expansion of the competition to the entire Department of Landscape Architecture and the selection of the best project of first-year students and the best project of Bachelor's and Master's students. Now, although the organization itself remains in its original location, the competition has been expanded to other epicenters of landscape architecture education.

The Czech Chamber of Architects is a partner of the LAURUS 2021 competition. LAURUS 2021 is also financially supported by the following companies: Arboeko, Zahradní architektura Kurz, and BAOBAB.