Seminars

This session will present a fast-paced lecture featuring the work of 16 young firms included in the 2009 Twenty + Change exhibition of emerging Canadian design practices. These designers address issues of sustainability, question how we occupy the urban realm, propose new ways of collective living that speak to urban density and renewal, explore the future direction of self-initiated commissions and the designer’s potential to impact public space, and propose new models of practice. Twenty + Change’s mandate is to disseminate the work of emerging designers practicing in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

Speakers Include:
Javier Campos, Campos Leckie, Vancouver
Mason White, Lateral Office, Toronto
Trevor McIvor, Altius Architecture Inc., Toronto
Heather Dubbeldam, Dubbeldam Design Architects, Toronto
Valerie Gow & Phillip Hastings, Gow Hastings Architects, Toronto
Francis Lapointe, LaPointe Architects, Toronto
Marko Simcic, Marko Simcic Architect, Vancouver
Steve McFarlane, mcfarlane | green | biggar architecture + design, Vancouver
Marc-Andre Plasse, _naturehumaine architecture design, Montreal
Paul Raff, Paul Raff Studio, Toronto
Geoffrey Thun, RVTR, Toronto
Eduardo Aquino, spmb, Winnipeg
Susan Fitzgerald, Susan Fitzgerald Architecture, Halifax
Stephen Kopp, The Acre Collective, Saint John
Peeroj Thakre, Urban republic arts society, Vancouver