Our cities are under pressure. Climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities are no longer future threats, they are here, impacting daily life and deepening injustices. Heatwaves hit hardest in neighbourhoods with the fewest trees. Floods devastate the most vulnerable. Public space, too often privatised or paved over, leaves little room for communities to breathe.
On 16–17 October 2025, the Belgian Association of Landscape Architects hosts the 36th IFLA Europe Conference, NEW URBAN LANDSCAPES. For two days, landscape architects, urban thinkers and decision-makers from across Belgium and Europe will confront these realities and share bold strategies to transform urban environments into resilient, inclusive and regenerative places.
Through site visits, debates and inspiring keynotes, the conference will not just showcase solutions, it will ask hard questions. How can we reclaim space for people and nature? How do we ensure justice guides design?
This is not about imagining the future. It is about reshaping the present.
