Architecture through use, adaptation and shared maintenance

A group of this summer’s 2025 Master of Architecture graduates, 'Fite Fuaite' from the UCD School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy, have been awarded a (opens in a new window)Lina Fellowship. Fite Fuaite is a collective exploring how architecture is shaped by everyday use, material culture, and the quiet systems that sustain public life.

Their project ‘Back of House’ explores how architecture emerges not only through design, but through use, adaptation and shared maintenance.

Their (opens in a new window)Fite Fuaiteproposal can be found here: (opens in a new window)https://lina.community/fellows/498ee677-12c8-44fe-b750-5c3d29fe85ef/, and the group members are: (opens in a new window)Louise Kelly, Daragh Murphy, (opens in a new window)Maeve O'Keeffe, (opens in a new window)Sophie O'Neill and (opens in a new window)Aoife Sheridan

The European platform LINA 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 and steer design and building processes towards regenerative practices and principles of de-growth in line with the values of the European Green Deal.

This year, 426 applications were received for the LINA Open Call.