Landscape Forum 2026 Guimarães, Portugal
The 15th Landscape Forum of the LE:NOTRE Institute will take place in the European Green Capital 2026: the beautiful town of Guimarães in Portugal. Forum hosts are the Landscape Laboratory of Guimarães and UTAD, University de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.
Forum dates: May 6 – 9, 2026
Student Competition: September 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026 – call & registration coming out very soon.
The Student Competition will be the about Guimarães Green Radial Strategy and the Bairro C (District C) challenge.
European Green Capital
Guimarães is the elected European Green Capital which place the forum well into the activities of this important year. Guimarães intends to become not only a Net Zero City but also a One Planet City. We will discuss these important urban sustainability strategies during the forum and place landscape into this discourse.
Advancing the Council of Europe Landscape Convention and the New European Bauhaus
ECLAS and the LE:NOTRE Institute act in accordance to the Council of Europe Landscape Convention, celebrating this year 25 years since opening for signature in Florence in 2000. Both organisations are also members of the New European Bauhaus. The annual landscape forum aims at bringing a landscape dimension into this European initiative. The New European Bauhaus is a creative and interdisciplinary initiative that connects the European Green Deal to our living spaces and experiences.
