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!
The historic centre of Montreal is Champ des Mars, framed by city hall and law courts, a place of radical transformation, driven by a series of projects that are committed to a new and dynamic identity, through intent, through ideology and through architectural expression. this proposal looks at three specific projects that now frame this view, all created with the design leadership of Andrew King. King will present an image rich parcour through the making of these projects, their historical context and how they frame a dynamic and cosmopolitan future.
The Centre Hospital University Montreal super-hospital, complete three years ago, has become one of the cities architectural icons. it is the engine of this neighbourhood, a dynamic fulcrum that animates Rue. St. Denis.
Three blocks west Humaniti is a mixed use development that transformed the housing and development context of montreal. a radically resilient community, with a POP linked to place Riopelle and a dynamic formal and program strategy.
Emerging just below Champ des Mars is Place des Montrealaise, redefining the cities public realm, with it trans-disciplinary process and it commitment to the new stories of Montreal.
Analyze how long-term, visionary urban design aligns policy, design intent, and collaboration across sectors to shape meaningful public experiences.
Evaluate a system of design excellence projects that reframe health through public space, art, and resilience—exemplified by CHUM, Humaniti, and PDM.
Examine how placemaking, design vision, and political strategy intersect in complex urban projects requiring multi-level governance and consultation.
Explore user experience across interconnected urban spaces through a guided walking route near the conference site.
Subject Matter Expert:
Andrew King
M.Arch FRAIC Prix de Rome
Chief Design Officer, Professor of Practice, AKAFLDWRK.COM, McGill University School of Architecture
A fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and Professor of Practice at McGill University’s School of Architecture, Andrew King is a leader in Canadian design practice and education. Through his 30 year initiative, AK A, he has led multiple interdisciplinary teams and taken charge of pan-Canadian initiatives involving architecture, art, exhibits, film and theatre. Andrew spent the first decade of his career in Europe, working in Seville, Budapest, Berlin and London, where he completed a mentorship program with Zaha Hadid. Andrew has lectured around the world, has been published in international art and architecture journals and recieved significant design awards including the Prix de Rome (2003), the Canadian Architect Award of Excellence (2000, 2010, 2017, 2019) and two American Institute of Architecture Progressive Architecture Awards of Excellence (2012). He has been appointed to academic chairs across Canada and abroad and was also named one of Canada’s design leaders by the Globe and Mail in 2003. He currently leads AK_A/FLDWRK, a powerful research agenda with research based projects across Canada and abroadf. he has led large-scale projects such as CHUM, Place des Montréalaises, Humaniti, Espace 67 and St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal.
This webinar is in English. 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)