Jean-Pierre Chupin talks to Radio Canada about the Chandigarh principles and the derivatives of the Corbusé utopia

Jean-Pierre Chupin is invited to Radio Canada's Tout Terrain (Janic Tremblay) to reflect on the current state of affairs and the derivatives of Le Corbusier's concepts of architecture and the city in Chandigarh, India. On the occasion of the Festival international du film sur l'art (FIFA) in Montreal, the film The Power of Utopia - ... Read more

How can we collect the diversity of quality lived experiences?

The City of Montreal has selected the Canada Research Chair in Architecture for research into the lived experience of quality by users of public buildings. Jean-Pierre Chupin, Bechara Helal and Carmela Cucuzzella will develop a protocol for collecting lived experiences with doctoral students: Firdous Nizar, Paloma Castonguay-Rufino, Yolene Handabaka, Shantanu Biswas Linkon, Cyrille Tchango Ngamaleu ... Read more

Cyrille Jérôme Tchango Ngamaleu

Titre du projet de thèse : L’architecture au service de la santé : mesure de la qualité thérapeutique de l’espace architectural en milieu hospitalier Ces dernières années, le domaine du design produit de plus en plus de projets centrés sur la santé, la guérison, et le bien-être (Cooper et Tsekleves 2017). La casquette de thérapeute semble ... Read more

Two doctoral students defend their individualized doctorate in architecture (Mandana Bafghinia and Lucie Palombi)

Mandana Bafghinia, a doctoral student in cotutelle between Université de Montréal and Université Lyon 2, under the co-direction of Jean-Pierre Chupin and Manuel Appert, defended her thesis: The Skyscraper's Summit, as a Beacon and a Viewing Platform: New York, Paris, Montreal, Shanghai December 14th, 2023 Thesis directors: Université de Montréal: Professor Jean-Pierre Chupin, Architecture Université ... Read more

Mapping the impact of rising oceans on high-rise buildings worldwide

Mandana Bafghinia and Jean-Pierre Chupin, assisted by master's student Conor DeSantis, publish a report funded by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats   To discover the maps: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5dd6e81456e04204af90a3c209dfd76b   To consult the report: Bafghinia, M., Chupin, J.-P., Skyscrapers as a Complex Response to Rising Waters: Resilience and Adaptability. Report summarizing the result of ... Read more

LEAP Seminar @UdeM (2024/01/16): Pierre Chabard, Building, Editing, Thinking. On the Path of a Few Architect-Publishers

Conference by Pierre Chabard, Professor and director of Éditions de la Villette. Date: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at 5:30 pm. Location: Amphitheatre 1120, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal   Building, Editing, Thinking On the Path of a Few Architect-Publishers   Summary: While the history of those who write architectural books is now well documented, ... Read more
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LIVING QUALITY EVERY DAY

2023-2025 – Jean-Pierre Chupin, Carmela Cucuzzella and Bechara Helal sign a research agreement with the Ville de Montréal for the project: “Living quality every day: Protocol for investigating and qualitatively assessing the social value of public buildings by collecting user experiences.” Bureau du design. Research agreement. Funding agency: Ville de Montréal ($65,000)

IN THE ARCHIVES OF JACQUES FOLCH-RIBAS, QUEBEC ARCHITECT WINNER OF NUMEROUS LITERARY PRIZES

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), not the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), holds the archives of Quebec architect Jacques Folch-Ribas. And with good reason: Folch-Ribas was not only a collaborator of Le Corbusier, but also a protégé of Albert Camus and a prolific writer. Born in Barcelona in 1928, he spent part of … Read more