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Languages

English > Mother Tongue
Français > Langue Seconde - Avancé
Deutsch > Elementary

Professional Registration

OAQ: Ordre des architectes du Québec > Stagiaire / Intern Architect

Education

2003 - 2005 > M.Arch. - Master's Architecture - Université de Montréal (CA)
Computer Aided Design option; Graduated with Honours.
1997 - 2002 > B.Env.Des.(Arch) - Bachelor of Environmental Design - University of Manitoba (CA) Architecture option; Graduated with Honours.

Professional Work Experience

2009 + > Open Form Architecture - Partner
2007 + > Dysturb Architecture Web Magazine (www.Dysturb.Net) - Writer
2008 - 2009 > The ARCOP Group (Montréal, CA) - Designer
2005 - 2007 > Maxwan Architects + Urbanists (Rotterdam, NL) - Project Leader
2004 - 2005 > MedialabAU (Montréal, CA) - Video Creation and Research Assistant
2002 - 2003 > Hal Ingberg Architect (Montréal, CA) - Intern Architect
2001 - 2002 > AUM Design Extra (Winnipeg, CA) - Founder, Editor, Writer, Designer
1998 - 2001 > McNally Robinson Booksellers (Winnipeg, CA) - Bookseller

Teaching

2010 > Berlage Institute (Rotterdam, NL) > Invited Critic - Creative Cities Studio
2010 > TU Berlin (Berlin, DE) > Invited Critic - LIA Master's Urbanism Studio
2006 > TU Delft (Delft, NL) > Master's Studio Teacher - Randstad Urbanism Summer Studio
2005 > Université de Montréal (Montréal, CA) > Master's Design Studio Assistant
2004 > Cégep André-Laurendeau (Montréal, CA) > Invited Critic
2000 > University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, CA) > Photography Instructor

Awards + Grants

2010 > Québec Architecture Residency - British School at Rome - Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CA)
2008 > Type B Research and Creation Grant - Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec (CA)
2005 > Finalist, RAIC Gold Medal - Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (CA)
2003 - 2005 > Dean's Honours List - M.Arch. - Université de Montréal (CA)
2002 > Faculty of Architecture Endownment Fund - University of Manitoba (CA)
1997 - 2002 > Dean's Honours List - B.Env.Des. - University of Manitoba (CA)
2001 > UMSU Scholarship for Excellence - University of Manitoba (CA)
1999 > Best Individual Photograph - Prairie Landscapes Photo Competition (CA)
1998 > Best Essay on Design - University of Manitoba(CA)

Architectural Competition Awards

2006 > Honourable Mention - City of Skyscrapers International Competition (SI)
2005 > 1st Place - Studio International 2005, Montréal (CA)
2005 > 2nd Place - ACSA/STI Student Charette, Chicago (USA)

Exhibitions + Lectures

2008 > We Love Open Form - Pecha Kucha #5, Society for Arts and Technology Montréal (CA)
2006 > City of Skyscrapers - 3rd International Architecture Biennale Ljubljana (SI)
2006 > MedialabAU - Desynchronized Public Spaces - Maison de l'architecture, Annecy (FR)
2005 > RAIC Gold Medal Exhibition - Centre de l'éxposition, Montréal (CA)
2005 > MedialabAU - Desynchronized Public Spaces - Society for Arts and Technologies, Montréal (CA)
2004 > CCA Charette 2004 - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal (CA)
2003 > Groupe e2 Competition - École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne, (CH)
2003 > Groupe e2 Competition - Pavilion de l'arsenal, Paris (FR)
2003 > CCA Charette 2003 - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal (CA)

Publications

2009 > Mutation assistée par ordinateur - Esquisses Vol.20 #3 (CA)
2007 > Jeunes Pratiques / Young Practices - ARQ #141 (CA)
2007+ > Numerous Articles - www.Dysturb.Net (NL)
2006 > Translations of Hans Ulich Obrist Interviews (FR to EN) Domus d'Autore: Post Occupancy - OMA/AMO + Domus Magazine (IT/NL)
2006 > "Desynchronized Public Spaces" video project by the MedialabAU - Ai:Architecture and Ideas - Vol.5, No.2 (CA)
2005 > "Open Form Architecture" - On|Site Review #14 (CA)
2001 - 2002 > Editor, Writer (Numerous Articles) - AUM Design Extra (CA)
2002 > "Architecture at the Barricades" - On|Site Review #6 (CA)
2002 > Exploring the Urban Condition, Groupe e2 - Warehouse #11 (CA)
2002 > Anarcho-Urbanism Manifesto - Warehouse #10 (CA)
2001 > "Vacant City, Broken Heart" - The Network Journal (CA)
2000 > "Krakow Industrial, Nowa Huta (PL)" - Warehouse #8 (CA)
2000 > "meetings meanings - memory weights" - Critical Distance, AceArt Inc (CA)
1997 - 2001 > Articles, Art Criticism, Photography - The Manitoban newspaper (CA)

Research Topics - Past and Current

Formlessness and The Informal
The Situationist International
Anarchist Urbanism
Network Structures and Complexity
New Technologies: Design Research, Process and Representation
Sustainable Economics and Technologies
European Urbanism
21st Century Urbanism
Urban Geography