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Two Post-Docs Join the Partnership on Quality Coordination Team

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Following public consultation and job posting, two postdoctoral researchers have been recruited to assist the SSHRC Quality in the Built Environment (QBE) partnership coordination team. Maria Patricia Farfan Sopo, a new doctor from McGill University, is funded by the partnership's SSHRC budget, while Morteza Hazbei, a new doctor from Concordia University, is funded by the ... Read more

The 4 videos of the 2nd SSHRC Quality Partnership Online Convention are now freely available

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Recordings of the 4 sessions of the SSHRC Quality Partnership's second online convention are now freely available. The research partnership is entitled Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability, and brings together 14 universities, 70 researchers and nearly 70 institutions, cities and citizen groups until 2027.   This second meeting ... Read more

4 doctoral students receive scholarships from the Canada Research Chair in Architecture (CRC-ACME)

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The following four doctoral students in architecture each receive a $12,000 scholarship for 2023-2024 from the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence, held by Jean-Pierre Chupin. Shantanu Biswas Linkon, architect originally from Bangladesh Paloma Castonguay-Rufino, Canadian architect of Spanish origin Yolene Handabaka Ames, Canadian architect originally from Peru Cyrille Jérôme Tchango ... Read more

Lucie Palombi wins a $12,500 doctoral scholarship from the Fondation de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)

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The jury responsible for evaluating doctoral candidates submitted to the 2023-2024 scholarship competition, made up of professors from Quebec universities and BAnQ specialists, has awarded Lucie Palombi a $12,500 doctoral scholarship for her project entitled "Textualité et projet en architecture - Approche interprétative et comparative d'écrits rédigés par des architectes québécois". Lucie is completing her ... Read more

The CRC-ACME coordinates a research partnership funded by the SSHRC on quality (2022-2027)

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Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada until 2027, a major research partnership on quality in the built environment brings together – for the first time – 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations at the municipal, provincial and national levels. The total value of this partnership will … Read more

ABOLISHING AWARD CATEGORIES GUARANTES NEITHER FAIRNESS NOR OPENNESS

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  In this post we share some thoughts on updating the architectural excellence awards evaluation framework in light of the abolition of the Ordre des Architectes du Québec (OAQ) awards categories in 2023. If definitions of exemplary architecture evolve over time, and if awards of excellence are used as indicators of exemplarity, how should evaluation … Read more

Jean-Pierre Chupin denounces the confusion between online surveys and project competitions in an open letter relayed by La Presse, TVA and Kollectif

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"Survey versus Competition: Simulacrum and Democracy" - Open letter co-signed by Jean-Pierre Chupin and Jacques White about the cancellation of the competition for the National Memorial to Canada's Mission in Afghanistan. When it comes to judging art or architecture projects, an online survey is a "mockery of democracy" that can't replace either a design competition ... Read more

SURVEY VERSUS COMPETITION: SIMULACRUM AND DEMOCRACY

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  About the cancellation of the competition for the memorial to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan Survey versus Competition: Simulacrum and Democracy September 11, 2023   Jean-Pierre Chupin, Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence, Université de Montréal (www.crc.umontreal.ca ) Jacques White, architect, retired professor at Université Laval, trainer and professional advisor for … Read more

Survey versus Competition: Simulacrum and Democracy

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About the cancellation of the competition for the memorial to Canada’s mission in Afghanistan by Jean-Pierre Chupin and Jacques White.   When it comes to judging art or architecture projects, an online survey is a “simulacrum of democracy” that cannot replace either a design competition or a real jury! Strongly condemning Russian-organized elections in the … Read more