LINA Open Call for emerging creatives in spatial practices.
Open Call, LINALINA is a European architecture platform: a network of 35 institutions working at the intersection of architecture and other fields related to spatial culture. We support and promote emerging thinkers and practitioners. Our collective goal is to steer design and building processes towards regenerative practices and principles of de-growth.
We are a community of people working towards a united creative vision who find common ground in our inclusive values. Our network is a creative flow of co-creation, collaboration, and mentoring, both among member organisations and in tandem with emerging creatives. Being part of LINA means being part of an experience in which we create and curate relationships, and bring people together with plan and ambition.
Our growing alliance of organisations—LINA Members—includes festivals, museums, universities, artistic and academic research networks, publishers, and foundations. We carry out a series of creative public activities and events.
Purpose of this call
We will select between 20 and 22 applicants (individuals or teams) from the open call, and they will become Spotlight LINA Fellows for 2026–2027.
- Spotlight LINA Fellows will be invited to join us in Barcelona, Spain in October 2026 to attend the LINA Forum.
- During conversation and exchange at the LINA Forum, Spotlight LINA Fellows will discuss potential collaborations in the LINA Architecture Programme activities with LINA Members.
- Selected outcomes of collaborations between LINA Members and LINA Fellows will be presented at the LINA Festival in Ljubljana in April 2028.
Applicants who are not selected as one of the Spotlight LINA Fellows are still eligible to become LINA Fellows.
- Any applicant to the LINA Open Call can potentially collaborate with a LINA Member, by direct invitation.
- All applications to this call will be published on the LINA website to create a showcase of practices and ideas.
Who we are looking for
We welcome emerging creative voices and innovative spatial practitioners who question the status quo. We are looking for individuals and collectives: we can help amplify their new and bold ideas that aim to better our common future.
We are seeking those who want to participate in meaningful activities such as mentoring, facilitation, residencies, research, writing, exhibiting, public engagement, programming, and much more. Although travel is not always a necessity, we are looking for those interested in international collaboration and developing their professional network. We want to promote people who care for the future of our planet and who share our ethical values of curiosity, cooperation, pluralism, fairness, and responsibility.
Who can apply
This Open Call welcomes applications from diverse creatives and audacious thinkers. There are no educational or age requirements. We can offer a platform to those who have not yet broken through to an international audience, and who are not yet internationally established in their respective fields.
Only residents & nationals of the 41 Creative Europe countries and Switzerland can apply. If you are applying as a team, the lead applicant must be eligible to participate in the call.
How to apply
A proposal can be either completed work or a new idea. It does not need to be intended for direct realization but should be thoughtfully developed and grounded in rigorous inquiry. We welcome a wide range of ideas—from speculative to practice-oriented—that critically engage with current challenges such as the environmental crisis and its ethical and social dimensions, always with an awareness of spatial culture and its potential for real-world impact. The proposal illustrates your way of thinking, your values, and competences and is the basis for evaluating your work.
Within the application form, in the space intended for expressing interest in collaborating with LINA Members, please feel free to expand on your existing proposal with suggestions for its development, or elaborate on your background and experiences that give your perspective a unique voice.
Representatives from each LINA member organisation will review and assess your application before voting for proposals that offer the most by way of innovation, originality, ingenuity, and other applicable strengths.
If your proposal is selected you are unlikely to receive funding to develop it directly. It is more common that your proposal will need to be adjusted to respond to the individual LINA Member's programme requirements, in other cases, you might be invited to work on an entirely new idea in line with your interests. Please demonstrate how your proposal could potentially adapt and evolve if realised in a different context in the application form’s dedicated field.