Fiachra McCarthy is an architect and artist practicing in between Brussels, Belgium, and Galway, Ireland. Having studied Architecture in TUD, Dublin, and KU Leuven, Brussels he is now a freelancer working in the intersection of art and architecture. He has practiced Architecture in Ireland, Belgium, and China as well as additional academic studies in Switzerland and Spain.
Experience
OUVRAGES, Junior Architect: 2022/24
Brussels, Belgium
Kunstplek Vonk, Art Resident: 2024
Hasselt, Belgium
Stephen Walton Design Services Architectural Assistant: 2019/2021
Galway, Ireland
CDG Co-operative Design Group Architectural Intern: 2019
Changzhou, China
Optimise Design Architectural Assistant: 2018
Dublin, Ireland
Achievements
Shitty City Festival, Scenography, pavilion design and performance: 2024
Hasselt, Belgium
Negotiating Ungers Exhibition. Curation and production of works: 2023
Saint-Étienne, France
The Architectural Review. Publication Letters from a young architect. 2022
London, England
KU Leuven Grand Prize Tenja 2022 Publication of works An annual architecture publication.
Belgium
New Spatial Realities of Cities Post Covid-19 2021 Honorable mention Architectural competition.
North Macedonia
Studio For Orbanism 2021 Exhibition of works Architectural exhibition,
De Singel, Belgium
Education
KU Leuven, Masters of Architecture: 2020/22
Brussels, Belgium
Barcelona International University of Catalonia, Exchange Semester: 2021
Barcelona, Spain
DIT Dublin Institute of Technology, Undergraduate degree: 2015/20
Dublin, Ireland
HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Science and Arts, Exchange Semester: 2017
Lucerne, Switzerland