LINA Architecture Platform 2026

Barcelona is a city of architecture thanks to the beauty and distinctiveness of many of its buildings, and to the way we work together to care for an architectural heritage that spans centuries.

UNESCO-UIA designated it World Capital of Architecture because the city hosts the 2026 World Congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA). Disciplines and societies evolve — and so do Barcelona and the architecture. After housing, social, health and climate crises, the paradigm of our architecture has been profoundly renewed: it aims to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. The city can be re-read, move forward and serve as an example.

The World Capital of Architecture aims to bring architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture closer to everyone, highlighting their capacity to transform how we live together. At the same time, it seeks to showcase historic and contemporary architectural heritage and to project Catalan architecture around the world, through a diverse, inclusive and accessible programme, in collaboration with the vibrant network that sustains architectural culture here at home.

Conceived as a collective and open event — with the active involvement of the community, institutions, schools and professionals — the project invites everyone to take part in this significant celebration of architecture.Barcelona 2026 World Capital of Architecture is a project led by Barcelona City Council, in collaboration with the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, with the active participation of institutions, organisations, professionals and citizens from across the territory. 

In this context, three LINA fellows have been invited to prepare three projects that will be presented during the EUmies Awards Days and they will present them to all the geusts attending the EUmies Awards Days:

DOCAR – Rocio Calzado and Jasper Meurer
A short film of the Multi-Service Cultural Centre Le Foirail (Le Forail Pôle Multiservices de Laguiole) in Laguiole/La Guiòla, Occitania (FR) by Betillon & Freyermuth* and Crypto Architectes.
Docar is a documentary film collective founded in 2023 that explores urban controversies through political and architectural perspectives.
It was created by Jasper Meurer, a political scientist focused on migration, and Rocio Calzado, an architect specializing in housing and ecological transition.
After meeting at Sciences Po, they combined their backgrounds to examine the links between urbanism, architecture, and politics.
Since 2024, Docar has also been a local partner of HouseEurope!

Mark Kantalinsky-Vasilyev and Clàudia Jansana-Rodon
An installation that invites visitors to experience waiting as a shared human condition—one that becomes especially acute for refugees forced to flee their homeland.
CAMARAC is a non-profit international collective of young artists and architects. The collective identifies and works on social injustices within the framework of big urban systems.
They consider art to be an essential tool for protest and work to make cities evolve for the benefit of the community, and not at the community’s expense. Their work is based on the pursuit of sustainable progress, based on citizen participation, and attentive and respectful of people’s needs.
Mark is a Ukrainian refugee, architect, urbanist and art activist and Clàudia a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist.

ToC Creative Hub – Marianna Atshemyan and Sona Hovhannisyan + Sophie Musoyan
An art piece that explores the experience of visiting—and drawing inspiration from—the Barcelona Pavilion, reflecting on how the space is perceived, inhabited, and interpreted by its visitors.
ToC Creative Hub, aims to connect art professionals of three disciplines. It is committed to developing innovative collaborations that engage the community, artists, and art professionals from all over the globe.
Sona is a curator and art critic, Marianna is an art manager and Sophie is an artist and printmaker, all from Armenia

Download the program here.
The complete program of activities can be found here.