An international student competition launched by the Concordia University Chair of Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment (IDEAS-BE) and the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions, Mediations of Excellence (CRC-ACME) at Université de Montréal
How can design accelerate the transition from the end of the pandemic to a new experience of public transportation?
This design competition is part of a joint research initiative. The Concordia University Chair of Integrated Design, Ecology, and Sustainability for the Built Environment and the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions, Mediations of Excellence at Université de Montréal are working together to mobilize the creativity of (...) more
DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS (New deadline March 1st 2021 for September 2021)
The Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence is seeking applications for doctoral scholarships. Each grant will come with a research contract and will support a student whose doctoral research will be tightly linked to the research program of the chair, which is dedicated to the study (...) more
Aurélien Catros, doctoral student in architecture, wins the Academy of Architecture Prize for the best paper of the SCAN'20 conference
After evaluating the quality of the research, scientific writing and oral presentation during the two-day conference, the members of the Academy's prize jury selected the winner of the prize for the best paper. This jury was chaired by Paul Quintrand, Former President of the Academy of Architecture. The Academy (...) more
Lucie Palombi, PhD student, participates in a conversation with Phyllis Lambert and Joseph Hillel about the documentary "City Dreamers"
For this 3rd online edition of Docu-conferences, the Université de Montréal Alumni and Donors Network is proud to welcome director Joseph Hillel, a graduate of the Faculty of Continuing Education, as well as two special guests: architect emeritus Phyllis Lambert and doctoral student Lucie Palombi, from the Université de Montréal's
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Jean-Pierre Chupin named honorary member of the AAPPQ 2020
It was at the launch of the 2020 Reference Manual of the Association des architectes en pratique privée du Québec (AAPPQ) that the name of the honorary member she has chosen was unveiled, a title granted to a person who contributes to promoting architectural quality and enhancing the importance of architects in society.
According (...) more
3 seminars on new elementary schools in Quebec
On the themes of the classroom, the gathering space and the relationship to the context, 3 videos from the CRC-ACME put into debate teams from the 5 competitions organized by LabÉcole for new elementary schools in Quebec.
Produced by the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence, this set (...) more
ROCOCO, BY FRANÇOIS CHASLIN: AN AWARD-WINNING BOOK ON ARCHITECTURE, WIDELY ACCLAIMED FOR ITS FORM AND CONTENT
November 12 2020 / Lucie Palombi
PARADOXES OF HERITAGE AWARD
September 22 2020 / Aurélien Catros
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN QUEBEC IN 1964: SAMPLE PLANS FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION
September 22 2020 / Jean-Pierre Chupin
9 VIDEOS EXTRACTED FROM THE 27 BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS ON QUALITY DRIVERS IN ARCHITECTURE
A new book in open access by Jean-Pierre Chupin and G. Stanley Collyer on the role of young architects in competitions
This book presents a collection of data and real-life cases in support of the idea that young offices of architects and planners are able to match or exceed the capabilities of their most experienced competitors when it comes to creating high-quality built environments for the public. The argument is made in (...) more
Check out the Agenda of Canadian Awards!
https://architecture-excellence.org/agenda-tous/
This AGENDA OF CANADIAN AWARDS in architecture and the built environment is a work in progress. The information was compiled by researchers at the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence (CRC-ACME). From the AGENDA you can join more than 70 websites of the various institutions that deliver awards. (...) more
Opening of the website prefiguring the Atlas of Research on Exemplarity in Architecture (AREA)
The bilingual AREA platform is accessible at: https://architecture-excellence.org
Montreal, November 20, 2019 – Raymond Lalonde, Vice-Chancellor for Relations with Alumni, Partnerships and Philanthropy, Raphaël Fischler, Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Design, and Virginie Portes, Director of Funded Research at the Université de Montréal’s Office of Research, Development (...) more
Paper in open access in FOOTPRINT (Delft Architecture Theory Journal) #26 (2020) : "This is not a Nest: Transcultural Metaphors and the Paradoxical Politics of International Competitions"
This is Not a Nest: Transcultural Metaphors and the Paradoxical Politics of International Competitions
Jean-Pierre Chupin, Université de MontréalPublished in:
Footprint, Delft Architectural Theory Journal, issue #26, Vol 14, n1, Spring 2020. Pages: 63-82
Abstract
Although the architecture competition has been analysed through a number of rhetorical lenses, the recurring production of transcultural metaphors, particularly in international competitions, remains to be addressed as (...) more
Jean-Pierre Chupin Advisory Committee Member as part of the Québec Strategy for Architecture
Nathalie Roy, Minister of Culture and Communications and Minister Responsible for the French Language, and Andrée Laforest, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Announce the Beginning of the Work to Provide Québec with a Strategy Quebecois architecture. To this end, the Ministry of Culture and Communications (MCC) has invited the Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) and a committee of (...) more