LEAP Round Table @UdeM (2024/06/04): What kind of school architecture in the city center?

Date: Tuesday, June 4th, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Location: Room 3110, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal

“From business districts almost exclusively reserved for commercial and professional activities, Canadian downtowns are increasingly becoming living spaces. Yet there are few elementary schools, which are essential to inclusive urban development. And for good reason: the traditional model of the single-purpose, low-rise school building, with a large playground at ground level, is at odds with a high-density, high-value environment. The heart of metropolises attracts developers, all the more so as urban planning regulations allow them to erect high-rise buildings, a source of significant revenue. So what kind of school architecture can we imagine for our city centers? And what might it offer schoolchildren?”

– A. Cormier, A. Paré and G. Adamczyk, En centre-ville : une architecture à hauteur d’enfant, Potential Architecture Books, Montreal, 2024.

The Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle (LEAP) recognizes the importance of the stakes involved in building schools downtown, and will be holding a round table on this theme on June 4th to mark the launch of the book En centre-ville : une architecture à hauteur d’enfant.

Moderator

  • Jean-Pierre Chupin, Architect and Professor at the School of Architecture, Université de Montréal, Chair Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence and Director of the LEAP

Panelists

  • Robert Beaudry, Montréal city councillor, Member of the Executive Committee, Responsible for OCPM urban planning and homelessness
  • Carol Bélanger, Chief Architect, City of Edmonton
  • Anne Cormier, Architect, Professor at the School of Architecture, Université de Montréal, Researcher at the LEAP
  • Ève Desrosiers, Architect, Héloïse Thibodeau architecte
  • Maryse Laberge, Architect, nfoe
  • Claude Laurin, Architect, Real Estate Planning and Development Coordinator, Centre de services scolaires de Montréal
  • Jordan Owen, Junior Developer, Mondev

Registration is mandatory: https://forms.gle/7ZwFtNcqvDzw3keB8

The round table is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Vice-rectorat à la recherche, à la découverte, à la création et à l’innovation de l’Université de Montréal (VRRCDI) and the Laboratoire d’étude de l’architecture potentielle (LEAP).

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