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New Book (Translation): Competing for Excellence in Architecture (editorials from the Canadian Competitions Catalogue, 2006 – 2016) Edited by Jean-Pierre Chupin

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Montreal, Potential Architecture Books, 322 pages, October 2017   ISBN 978-0-9921317-5-3   A travel guide for those in search of architectural quality, this book can be browsed in many ways. Written in a clear and concise manner by about thirty authors, it features a collection of editorials from the Canadian Competitions Catalogue (CCC), a large online ... Read more

Make your maps of excellence on www.MONTREAL-ARCHIMAP.ca

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Discover the cartographic device MONTREAL-ARCHIMAP. The team of the Research Chair on Competitions and Contemporary Practices in Architecture embarked on the design and implementation of a cartographic application highlighting contemporary architecture in Montreal for the 375th anniversary of Montreal. (Nicholas Roquet and Jean-Pierre Chupin in collaboration with Humaneco.ca).

Doctoral Thesis Defence – – Louis Destombes (Director Jean-Pierre Chupin) – January 15th 2018

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Traductions constructives du projet d’architecture. Théoriser le détail à l’ère de la modélisation intégrative (B.I.M.)  Résumé: Cette recherche porte sur le rôle des écarts entre les dessins d’architecture et les édifices qu’ils représentent en analysant le transfert des projets de la figuration à l’édification. Ce phénomène est abordé à la fois en tant que problématique ... Read more

New book : « Competing for Excellence in Architecture – Editorials from the Canadian Competitions Catalogue (2006-2016) »

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A travel guide for those in search of architectural quality, this book can be browsed in many ways. Written in a clear and concise manner by about thirty authors, it features a collection of editorials from the Canadian Competitions Catalogue (CCC), a large online digital archive open to the public since 2006. The editorials explore ... Read more

Évènement d’annonce des résultats du concours « En plus d’attendre le bus / More than waiting for the bus »

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Mardi 18 avril à la Maison du développement durable se tiendra l’évènement d’annonce des résultats du concours « En plus d’attendre le bus / More than waiting for the bus » organisé par la Chaire IDEAS-Be Concordia University (Carmela Cucuzzella) et la Chaire de Recherche sur les Concours UdeM (JPC) en collaboration avec CRE-Montréal.

Doctoral Thesis Defence – – Bechara Helal (Director Jean-Pierre Chupin) – January 30th 2017

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« The Laboratories of Architecture – Epistemological Inquiry into a Historical Paradigme » Architectural sites and practices are commonly described in terms borrowed from the arts (studio, creation, masterpiece) and yet, the architectural field relies increasingly on scientific terms (laboratory experimentation, research). This contemporary interest in activities related to scientific research appears to coalesce around the now … Read more

Jean-Pierre Chupin, Carmela Cucuzzella and Bechara Helal are co-leading a new book on international competitions

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« Architecture Competitions and the production of Culture, Quality and Knowledge - An International Inquiry » This book comprises a series of 22 case studies from renowned experts and new scholars in the field of architecture competition research. In 2015, it constitutes the most comprehensive survey of the dynamics behind the definition, organization, judging, archiving and publishing ... Read more

Collaboration L.E.A.P. – E.T.H. (Zurich)

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10 février 2009, Jean-Pierre Chupin rencontre Joris Van Wezemael au centre de recherche sur les concours (Forschung Planungswettbewerbe, Research design competitions) à l’ETH de Zurich pour établir un protocole de collaboration avec le LEAP.