Last June, the CITY'SCAPE Awards 2025 took place. Favaro1, with Recycle 2.0, won first prize in category O – Landscape Green Company: product innovation, process, start-up, and patents.
“The jury of the City_Scape 2025 Award has awarded the Prize – Category ‘Landscape Green Company: product, process, start-up, and patent innovation’ to Recycle 2.0, presented by Favaro1, for developing a patented sustainable urban paving solution with high drainage properties, made with over 70% locally sourced recycled aggregates. The photocatalytic concrete contributes to the reduction of air pollution, while the double finish with marble stone combines aesthetics, durability, and circularity."
We would like to thank the jury and the symposium organizers for believing in the Recycle 2.0 project—the interlocking, draining outdoor paving developed by Favaro1 in collaboration with FavaroLab.
An evolution of Recycle®, which retains its exceptional wear resistance and filtering capacity, version 2.0 features a thin surface layer of marble grit that not only gives the paving a more refined and elegant style but also makes the blocks easier to clean and ensures impeccable aesthetics over time. Sustainable and functional, Recycle 2.0 allows for continuous flooring even on very large surfaces, as it does not require the installation of drains, and mitigates the heat island effect thanks to internal voids that promote heat exchange.
All winners of the CITY’SCAPE AWARD 2025
During the ceremony, held at the end of the CITY'SCAPE SYMPOSIUM, prizes were awarded to the most representative projects of the 2025 edition, which express the excellence and communicative power of landscape design at a global level and the ability to respond to climatic and social challenges. Sixteen thematic categories – including innovation, sustainability, urban regeneration, and environmental enhancement – some of which were newly introduced, saw over 60 projects triumph, including winners, honorable mentions, and special mentions.
With more than 260 entries from 26 countries, the CITY'SCAPE AWARD 2025 confirms its status as a benchmark for landscape architecture. The high level of the projects in the competition highlighted the quality and variety of solutions proposed by studios and professionals active in Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, reinforcing the value of comparing different approaches, contexts, and visions.
The entries were evaluated by a jury composed of leading figures from the academic and institutional world: architects, university professors, representatives of professional associations, and the magazine TOPSCAPE, promoter of the event together with PAYSAGE and the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects, and Conservators (CNAPPC).
Here are the winners in the various categories.
Category A – Urban forestry and landscape redevelopment of urban spaces
1. REGENERATION OF THE DRY HILLS AND STREAM OF LA GAVIA presented by Aldayjover Architecture and Landscape.
Category B – Drosscape
1. WANGEN | ERBA - CONVERSION - NEW CITY DISTRICT presented by lohrer.hochrein landschaftsarchitekten und stadtplaner gmbh.
Category C – Street Landscape & Slow Landscape
1. awarded ex-aequo:
• PIAZZA PIA – ROME. A CHALLENGE FOR THE 2025 JUBILEE THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF THE AREA IN FRONT OF ST. PETER'S presented by VIA INGEGNERIA.
• THE NASI PARK BRIDGE presented by Landscape architecture office Maanlumo Ltd.
Category D – Parks and gardens of historical, artistic, or landscape interest
1. awarded ex-aequo:
• REDEVELOPMENT OF VILLA DEL COLLE DEL CARDINALE presented by Paesaggi e Paesaggi - Maria Cristina Tullio.
• REDEVELOPMENT AND RESTORATION OF THE VALENTINO PARK IN TURIN presented by LAND Italia Srl (Parent Company), TRA Srl, Recchi Engineering Srl, GAe Engineering Srl, JTre.
• RESTORATION OF THE TORRE GARDEN presented by Arch. Pasquale Pisano, Arch. Sonia Bruno, Dr. Nunzia Petrecca.
• BELGIOIOSO CASTLE presented by Giusi Rabotti and Nunzio Dego.
Category E – Brand & Landscape
1. LE JARDIN presented by One Landscape Design Limited.
Category F – Landscape for Wellbeing and Care
1. GREEN CELLS – HEALING COURTYARDS FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECOVERY - LOSS COBOS presented by Diana Wiesner AYP.
Category G – City Sport&Play
1. PAVUNA PARK presented by Embyá – Landscape and Ecosystems.
Category H – Urban Furniture
1. THE ROUNDTABLE presented by Enlocus & Common ADR.
Category I – Tourism Landscape
1. IN HARMONY, IN NATURE – THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT OF LAKE SLUPECKIE IN POLAND presented by Pawel Grobelny.
Category L – Energy Landscape
1. ENERGY PARK FAENZA presented by Greencure landscaping.
Category M – Hi-Tech Landscape
1. THE WATER GARDENS presented by Refolo Landscape Architects.
Category N – Landscape in Light
1. RESTAURATION OF THE MONUMENTAL COMPLEX OF THE HOTEL DE RUSSIE GARDEN presented by Prof. Pietro Paolo Lateano, architect, and Prof. Sofia Varoli Piazza, architect.
Category O – Landscape Green Company
1. RECYCLE 2.0 presented by Favaro1.
Category P – Urban&Design
1. SUMMER ISLAND presented by LOMA architecture.landscape.urbanism.
Category Q – Research on Landscape Design
1. SUPER VALLEY: SOIL REGENERATION AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE AGRARIAN SPACE presented by Filippo LaFleur.
For the complete list of winners: https://paysage.it/cityscape-award-2025/