U Montreal gains new architecture-focused Canada Research Chair
This summer, Canada?s science minister, Kirsty Duncan, announced the results of this year’s Canada Research Chair Awards. Among the recipients is a new Chairholder in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations for Excellence, granted to Université de Montréal architecture professor Jean-Pierre Chupin.
Chupin’s position is the only Tier 1 Chair in Canada dedicated to the study of contemporary architecture. It will help Chupin better define the attributes, parameters and criteria for recognizing quality in architecture and understanding how it can be advanced by current architectural practices. The other Chairs in the field of contemporary and heritage architecture include Christina Cameron (Tier 1, Université de Montréal), David Theodore (Tier 2, McGill University), and Ipek Tureli (Tier 2, McGill University). For each Tier 1 Chair, the host institution receives $200,000 annually for seven years. For Tier 2 chairs, the institution receives $100,000 annually for five years, with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.
Jean-Pierre Chupin
How do architectural experts and users perceive architectural quality" To what extent and through which criteria are these judgements made" Some insights may be gleaned from an in-depth review of buildings that have been awarded prizes or that have been selected by peer juries in Canada since the 1980s.
As part of his work as a Canada Research chair, Chupin will examine the abilit...
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