LINA European Architecture Platform

Once a year, we bring together talented emerging spatial practitioners with reps of architectural organisations from all over Europe: this time, in Sarajevo. We learned from Léopold Lambert's State of Architecture address and got to know Sarajevo's bottom-up way of thinking with Dunja Krvavac and Irhana Šehović. Most of all, we got to know the brilliant LINA fellows, our 25 featured teams and indivuduals selected at the open call, who are now starting work with LINA member organsiations in the LINA Architecture Programme. We are very thankful to the hosting LINA member organisation Dani arhitekture, especially Irhana and Dunja, who generously shared all their favourite parts of this storied city. We're thankful for the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Bosnia and Hercegovina and for their hospitality. We were also honoured to be supported by the Norwegian Embassy in Sarajevo, who supported the exhibition SAFE SPACE and a presentation of the Mission Neighborhood publication by Oslo Architecture Triennale. Wonderful spaces and intiatives all around Sarajevo helped bring about the two memorable days: our thanks go to Kino Meeting Point, GAZZDA, and Kutcha. LINA is co-financed by the EU Creative Europe. We can't wait to see the upcoming collaborations and all the events coming up next year! Video: Sabina Hodović

After Ljubljana and Copenhagen, it was Sarajevo’s turn to host the LINA fellows and LINA members who will co-create a series of activities throughout the year as part of the LINA Architecture Programme. For the third year running, excited connections talking publication pitches, exhibition proposals, film workshops, intervention design and other mediums communicating a more sustainable approach to architecture took place at the 2024 LINA Conference: Community-Led Architecture. A huge thanks to our co-organisers at Days of Architecture / Dani arhitekture (Irhana Šehović and Dunja Krvavac), who welcomed us to the city and presented their experience of growing up and being an architect in Sarajevo. Our sincere thanks also go to Léopold Lambert for delivering the State of Architecture address, as well as Jadd Hallaj (Bolwerk), Ana Dana Beroš (DAI SAI - Društvo arhitekata Istre) and Federica Sofia Zambeletti (KoozArch) who moderated panel discussions. Most of all: we're grateful to our member organisations and to LINA fellows for joining us in Sarajevo and creating a truly magical two days! The LINA platform is co-funded by the EU. The LINA conference was supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Sarajevo and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Sarajevo. #creativeeurope

United around shared values and goals, cities all over the world have flourished when communities, rather than governments or corporations, have taken the lead in developing the city. 2024 LINA Conference: Community-Led Architecture highlights the importance of the role of communities in the development of the city and their contribution to the promotion of architectural innovation. Featuring 25 LINA fellows, Léopold Lambert, Meriem Chabani, Irhana Šehović and Dunja Krvavac, this year's LINA Conference will take place in Sarajevo. Taking the lead from this resilient city, LINA will look for ways communities can create change. Join us in Sarajevo on 3 October 2024!

LINA members Architecture at the Edge and Copenhagen Architecture Festival - CAFx are teaming up with 2022 LINA fellows Lemonot and Sofie Stilling (Royal Danish Academy) for a film + architecture workshop. It will take place from 28 Sept to 5 Oct and will respond to the thematic provocation of the upcoming AATE24: "Islands", and will explore Galway's Public Archipelago. If you'd like to take part, ▪️apply by 19 August!▪️ more info: https://lnkd.in/gPx-E983 The film + architecture workshop 2024 focuses on the relationships between forms of negotiation and conviviality, aiming to explore how being within particular sites can affect the occupant’s being as a person. We believe that belonging is not an abstract concept, but something to be cultivated through inhabiting and experiencing. Participants will be introduced to practices of investigative observation, research, and new ways of mapping and understanding the city and apply this knowledge to create your own short film.

The LINA platform is honoured and excited to announce the 2024 featured LINA fellows. We welcome all 25 teams and individuals into the community and are looking forward to the collaboration! The 2024 LINA Open Call sought to find emerging spatial practitioners, thinkers, and creatives to become LINA fellows. Individuals and teams were invited to apply with their radical idea, practical solution, theoretical insight or thought-provoking practice addressing the environmental crisis. The platform received 337 eligible submissions, from which 25 outstanding proposals were selected; their authors are invited to participate in the LINA fellow programme in the upcoming year. The 2024 LINA fellows: Adam Przywara, Poland Atelier Remoto + Jacopo Biffi (AlteSfere), Italy Diāna Mikāne and Paula Veidenbauma, Latvia docar., France girlscanscan collective, Hungary Irena Übler, Portugal kuidas.works, Estonia Lab212 Collective, France Liisa Ryynänen, Finland Loris L. Perillo + Andrea Arcese, Italy Lucille Leger & Jacques-Marie Ligot, France make a stuffed bird laugh, Germany Mary Konstantopoulou, Marvina Sinjari, Maria Tanasescu, Greece NAA! (Netherlands Angry Architects), Netherlands NGO Urban Reform, Ukraine Olímpia Solà Inaraja, Spain Pavilion of Culture, Ukraine Planting Solidarity | Placemaking Collective., Portugal Radio Otherwise, Germany re-city, Georgia Rubble, Ireland SONDER (Peter Behrbohm & Anton Steenbock), Germany szabadonbalaton x gubahámori, Hungary ToC Creative Hub, Armenia Vang-Anh Tran, Zhuo Chen, Wing Nga Tam, Poland Link with short bios and proposal presentations: https://lnkd.in/dpWEb9nW The LINA fellows programme Featured LINA fellows will present themselves and their work at the 2024 LINA Conference, where they will get the chance to network with LINA member organisations and forge collaborations in the LINA Architecture Programme, a series of activities taking place all over Europe throughout the year. However, any one of the authors that have applied to the LINA Open Call and are eligible to collaborate can become a LINA fellow on invitation by a member organisation. Congratulations again to all selected authors! We're looking forward to starting our collaboration. https://lnkd.in/gzv8mqai

Last May we went down to a cozy timber pavillon at the Belgrade School of Arts to present our design research "Decoding the Void"!! ☀️ Six months ago, BINA (The Belgrade International Architectural Week) invited us to take part in a research, asking to express our perspectives on the future of three modernist blocks in New Belgrade. Last May, together with five other emerging architects, we presented our results at the opening of the exhibition "Understanding City Growth" at the Belgrade School of Arts. Our research "Decoding the Void: Anatomy of Urban Residualities in Blocks 61, 62 & 63" focused on analysing the numerous neglected, underused and abandoned public spaces in the area and their relationship to the uncontrolled urban growth of the last 25 years. Through mapping, qualitative and quantitative analysis, on-site interviews and historical research, we tried to illustrate how recent uncoherent developments have produced unusable and low-quality public spaces, and causing the loss of more then 40 000 sqm of greenery. The research concludes with a vision centred around the introduction of a large natural park that supports slow mobility and mitigates the microclimate, while pushing car infrastructure and potential densification to the perimeter, giving back valuable public space to the city. 🌱 It was good to see how all six proposals stimulated discussion between the local groups and we hope the contribution can assist the ongoing discussion on whether or not the Blocks should be further densified and, if so, how. Teammate: Nicole Vettore Thanks to Danica P. , Ruzica, and the all bina center for inviting us. 🙏 And congrats to the other participants: Giulio Galasso and Nathalia from Continentale.ch, Maria Mendez, Isidora Koščica, Jana Čvertkov, and Sara Ramezani 👏 The project was developed in the framework of LINA European Architecture Platform 🙏

If you'd like to join our community and come along for an exciting year of collaborations with our network of member organisations in 23 countries across Europe – this is the last call. Apply at www.lina.community From the received proposals, we will select 25 featured LINA fellows to join us in Sarajevo in October. Everyone else who applies can become a LINA fellow on direct invitation from a LINA member (and there's nearly 90 opportunities in this year's LINA Architecture Programme). Share your proposal with us, let us know what you have to say, and best of luck!

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There's 4 days remaining until the end of the open call! Interested in coming along? Tons of collaborations in the LINA Architecture Programme next year are dedicated to written contributions: METALAB,  Irish Architecture Foundation, Theatrum Mundi, dpr-barcelona, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum / Estonian Museum of Architecture, Architektūros fondas , Architectuul., University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture and Copenhagen Architecture Festival - CAFx are looking for writers and editors, researchers and explorers who would like to delve into writing. To take part, apply to the LINA Open Call with your previous work or pitch us an idea. This means you can apply with an example of an existing text - published or not - or examples of praxis that give us an insight into your way of thinking. When applying, select 2 activities that you’re most interested in participating in (or by organisations you’d most like to collaborate with). This way, they’ll pay extra attention to your application, making for the best matchmaking outcome. And don’t forget: you don’t need to be selected among the 25 featured LINA fellows to participate in collaborations! There’s about 90 opportunities each year, and your particular voice is what matters. For more info, check out the call on the LINA website www.lina.community and apply until 13 May 2024. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say. #linacommunity #opencall #architectureopencall #fellowships #sustainablearchitecture #creativeeurope

Last call: LINA Open Call invites emerging creatives to apply with ideas, texts and practices addressing the environmental crisis The European platform LINA European Architecture Platform  is a network connecting relevant institutions with emerging practitioners and thinkers who work at the intersection of architecture and other fields related to spatial culture: it aims to promote up-and-coming talent. LINA’s goal is to steer design and building processes towards regenerative practices and principles of de-growth in line with the values of the European #GreenDeal. Each year, the LINA platform, supported under Creative Europe, holds an Open Call to find up-and-coming talent. The call seeks emerging spatial practitioners, thinkers, and creatives to become LINA fellows. Individuals and teams are invited to apply with radical ideas, practical solutions, theoretical insights or thought-provoking practices addressing the environmental crisis. Deadline for submitting applications is on 13 May 2024 at 11.59 PM CET. Find more information about the call on LINA's website. https://lnkd.in/eVuHtp3j Matevž Čelik Vidmar