Length: 1 CEU
Topic: Urbanism
Delivery Mode: Online On-Demand
What's Included: Video, Quiz, & Certificate
Registration Fee: Members $50 | Intern $35 | Student $25 | Non-Member $75
This webinar is part of the RAIC 2025 Conference on Architecture!
Like the rest of Quebec, Rimouski is experiencing a housing crisis, so much so that dozens of people have been living in hotels over the past year. Some have stayed a few weeks, others several months. This lack of a sustainable housing solution is no longer tenable. There is an urgent need to provide citizens with enviable alternatives, to design living spaces that are accessible and that people want to make their own. In Rimouski, a number of local businesses already exist, promoting a dynamic, short-cycle lifestyle. The parking lots that currently cover the downtown area could be transformed into inspiring spaces for exchange and sharing. What's more, when it's cold nine months of the year, it's good to live in a warm, supportive community. The Société de Développement Angus and Provencher_Roy have set themselves the task of creating the right conditions for such a community, through an affordable housing project currently under development.
Discuss the notion of “affordable housing”, often confused with social housing.
Define how affordable housing can be a desirable alternative for community building, using Rimouski as an example.
Recognize the fundamentals of housing to offer an atypical architectural approach.
Identify best practices in affordable housing design that could be applied outside Rimouski.
Subject Matter Experts:
Sonia Gagné
Architect, B.Arch., DEC in Arch. Tech., OAQ, OAA, FIRAC
VP Design, Principal Partner, Provencher Roy
A seasoned visionary and masterful designer, Sonia Gagné is part of the leadership team at the helm of the practice. She has been a partner since 2010, having acquired thirty-some years of experience, including 17 years with the firm. Her excellence in leadership has been recognized on numerous occasions, particularly by CREW M in 2019, Female Frontier Awards in 2021, and through awards in architectural competitions in which her design projects, like the Port of Montréal’s Grand Quai and Cruise Terminal, have been presented.
At the helm of various civic and significant urban projects (development of Sainte-Catherine Street West in Montréal, LeBreton Flats in Ottawa), Sonia pushes the limits of an innovative approach accompanied with phases of disciplinary reflection and characterized by continually evolving social and urban contexts. Her expertise spans the health care (Hôpital Pierre-Le Gardeur), cultural (Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), transportation (Vendôme metro entrance), commercial (lg2 Offices), and sports infrastructure fields (Colisée Vidéotron).
Regardless of the type and scale of her interventions, Sonia makes use of architecture as a powerful catalyst for conveying nuanced realities, while reinforcing and stimulating the identity and dynamic and enduring citizen appropriation of a place. Actively involved in her field, she sits on the boards of directors of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montréal (Château Ramezay) and Montréal centre-ville. In 2021, she joined the honorary committee for the annual Gala of La rue des Femmes women’s organization.
Marilou Hudon-Huot
Vice President, Commercial Leasing and Residential Development, Société de Développement Angus
Marilou Hudon-Huot is Vice President, Commercial Leasing and Residential Development at Société de Développement Angus. Passionate about sustainable development and an expert in project engineering, she has contributed to numerous projects, including Le Central du Carré Saint-Laurent and the Cité Angus residential project. With boldness and energy, she develops strategies and manages rental, commercial and residential projects, taking all parameters and environments into account.
This webinar is in French. Closed captions have been provided in both English and French.
Pricing
Member: $50 / Non-Member: $75
Intern Member: $35 / Intern Non-Member: $75
Student: $25 (must be an RAIC student associate member)