FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The exhibition "Awards from the Second and Third Latin American Landscape Architecture Biennials (2016 and 2018)" will be on display through Dec. 19 in the Fred and Mary Smith Exhibition Gallery in Vol Walker Hall on the University of Arkansas campus.  

This is part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design's public exhibition series.

A reception will be held at 5 p.m. Nov. 6. The public is invited to attend.

This exhibition features the competition boards of six projects from the 2016 biennial and 13 projects from the 2018 biennial, in addition to selected photographs from notable award-winning projects. Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, ASLA, assistant professor of landscape architecture in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, curated the exhibition.

The Second and Third Latin American Landscape Architecture Biennials aimed to bring forward the role of landscape architecture in the construction of the human habitat in Latin America. The biennials are meant to become a space of reflection and provide an incentive to creativity by acknowledging high-quality works and projects that propose novel solutions to the social and environmental issues of Latin America.

The participation of those involved in the construction of landscapes is critical to demonstrate the wide and diverse intervention panorama ranging from the local to the regional, enabling the identification of unique and general issues and solutions. The biennials seek to contribute to the communication and dissemination of work achieving novel contributions in this part of the world, by sharing, learning and understanding in a deeper sense the capacity of the discipline to transform and enact positive actions in urban and natural landscapes.

The works submitted to both biennials were evaluated in their respect to landscape values, the integration of and solution to social issues, the simultaneity of cultural and environmental actions, and originality and innovation.

The biennials are organized by the International Federation of Landscape Architects Americas Chapter and the Mexican Society of Landscape Architects.

Admission to the exhibition is free. The exhibition gallery is located on the first floor of Vol Walker Hall, and it is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The university campus will be closed Nov. 28-29 for the Thanksgiving holiday.